>> Hope the above are good enough arguments to keep up version bumps.
>
> A reasonably successful strategy is to version your out-of-tree driver
> with corresponding kernel release versions. Flip the equation.
>
> E.g. current net-next will become 4.19, so all the features you're
> pushing
On Thu, 9 Aug 2018 13:10:09 +0300, Igor Russkikh wrote:
> Hi Andrew,
>
> Thanks for the review, agreed on all your findings,
> we'll address these comments in next version.
>
> > Driver versions are pretty much useless. Say somebody backports this
> > driver into a vendor kernel. Vendor kernels
Hi Andrew,
Thanks for the review, agreed on all your findings,
we'll address these comments in next version.
> Driver versions are pretty much useless. Say somebody backports this
> driver into a vendor kernel. Vendor kernels are typically based on an
> old kernel, plus thousands of patches. Is
On Wed, Aug 08, 2018 at 01:57:15PM +0300, Igor Russkikh wrote:
> Signed-off-by: Igor Russkikh
> ---
> drivers/net/ethernet/aquantia/atlantic/ver.h | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/aquantia/atlantic/ver.h
>
Signed-off-by: Igor Russkikh
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drivers/net/ethernet/aquantia/atlantic/ver.h | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/aquantia/atlantic/ver.h
b/drivers/net/ethernet/aquantia/atlantic/ver.h
index 94efc64..b482601 100644
---
Signed-off-by: Igor Russkikh
---
drivers/net/ethernet/aquantia/atlantic/ver.h | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/aquantia/atlantic/ver.h
b/drivers/net/ethernet/aquantia/atlantic/ver.h
index a445de6..94efc64 100644
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