On 05.12.20 08:06, Sven Eckelmann wrote:

Hi,

Is there some explanation besides an opinion? Some kind goal which you want to 
achieve with it maybe?

Just a cleanup. I've been under the impression that this version is just
an relic from oot times.

At least for us it was an easy way to query the release cycle information via 
batctl. Which made it easier for us to roughly figure out what an reporter/
inquirer was using - independent of whether he is using the in-kernel version 
or a backported version.

Is the OOT scenario still valid ?

Loosing this source of information and breaking parts of batctl and other 
tools (respondd, ...) is not the end of the world. But I would at least know 
why this is now necessary.

Okay, if this particular information indeed has a practical value, we
should keep it. Taking it as a NAK.

Perhaps we should add a comment what it's used for and make sure, the
version number is properly maintained.

The problem I see w/ those version fields is that we have lots of
changes in the kernel tree, w/o the version number being increased -
making this information at least doubtful.


--mtx

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