RE: [PATCH 14/14] qla2xxx: Update version to 10.02.06.100-k

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From: Himanshu Madhani <redacted>
Sent: Thursday, August 5, 2021 9:28 PM
To: Nilesh Javali <njavali@marvell.com>
Cc: Martin Petersen <martin.petersen@oracle.com>; linux-
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Subject: [EXT] Re: [PATCH 14/14] qla2xxx: Update version to 10.02.06.100-k

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On Aug 5, 2021, at 5:20 AM, Nilesh Javali [off-list ref] wrote:

Signed-off-by: Nilesh Javali <njavali@marvell.com>
---
drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_version.h | 6 +++---
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_version.h

b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_version.h

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index 2e05dd74b5cb..8b0ace50b52f 100644

--- a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_version.h
+++ b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_version.h

@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@

/*
 * Driver version
 */
-#define QLA2XXX_VERSION      "10.02.00.107-k"
+#define QLA2XXX_VERSION      "10.02.06.100-k"

#define QLA_DRIVER_MAJOR_VER	10
#define QLA_DRIVER_MINOR_VER	2
-#define QLA_DRIVER_PATCH_VER	0
-#define QLA_DRIVER_BETA_VER	107
+#define QLA_DRIVER_PATCH_VER	6
+#define QLA_DRIVER_BETA_VER	100
--
2.19.0.rc0

Just curious..

Why bump Patch version for the driver? And numbering does not make
sense.. please explain

This is just for internalizing and identification purpose, to keep upstream driver version in sync with qla2x out-of-box driver.
The combination of major, minor, patch versions (10.02.06) would let us know association with respective OOB version whereas the beta version 
would tell the series number (100, 200,...) for that particular patch version. It's for internal tracking only. 

Thanks for reviewing the patches. I would send v2 for this series.

Thanks,
Nilesh