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[19/34] rt2x00: Drop __TIME__ usage

Message ID 1302015561-21047-20-git-send-email-mmarek@suse.cz
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Michal Marek April 5, 2011, 2:59 p.m. UTC
The kernel already prints its build timestamp during boot, no need to
repeat it in random drivers and produce different object files each
time.

Cc: Ivo van Doorn <IvDoorn@gmail.com>
Cc: Gertjan van Wingerde <gwingerde@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Michal Marek <mmarek@suse.cz>
---
 drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00debug.c |    1 -
 1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

Comments

Gertjan van Wingerde April 5, 2011, 3:28 p.m. UTC | #1
On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 4:59 PM, Michal Marek <mmarek@suse.cz> wrote:
> The kernel already prints its build timestamp during boot, no need to
> repeat it in random drivers and produce different object files each
> time.
>
> Cc: Ivo van Doorn <IvDoorn@gmail.com>
> Cc: Gertjan van Wingerde <gwingerde@gmail.com>
> Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org
> Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Michal Marek <mmarek@suse.cz>

Note that this timestamp is not in the kernel log, but in a special
debug file in debugfs.
However, I cannot see how a timestamp is actually useful for debugging
the driver, so

Acked-by: Gertjan van Wingerde <gwingerde@gmail.com>

> ---
>  drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00debug.c |    1 -
>  1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00debug.c b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00debug.c
> index c92db32..66166ef 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00debug.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00debug.c
> @@ -568,7 +568,6 @@ static struct dentry *rt2x00debug_create_file_driver(const char *name,
>        blob->data = data;
>        data += sprintf(data, "driver:\t%s\n", intf->rt2x00dev->ops->name);
>        data += sprintf(data, "version:\t%s\n", DRV_VERSION);
> -       data += sprintf(data, "compiled:\t%s %s\n", __DATE__, __TIME__);
>        blob->size = strlen(blob->data);
>
>        return debugfs_create_blob(name, S_IRUSR, intf->driver_folder, blob);
> --
> 1.7.4.1
>
>
Ivo van Doorn April 5, 2011, 6:37 p.m. UTC | #2
On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 4:59 PM, Michal Marek <mmarek@suse.cz> wrote:
> The kernel already prints its build timestamp during boot, no need to
> repeat it in random drivers and produce different object files each
> time.
>
> Cc: Ivo van Doorn <IvDoorn@gmail.com>
> Cc: Gertjan van Wingerde <gwingerde@gmail.com>
> Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org
> Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Michal Marek <mmarek@suse.cz>

Acked-by: Ivo van Doorn <IvDoorn@gmail.com>

> ---
>  drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00debug.c |    1 -
>  1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00debug.c b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00debug.c
> index c92db32..66166ef 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00debug.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00debug.c
> @@ -568,7 +568,6 @@ static struct dentry *rt2x00debug_create_file_driver(const char *name,
>        blob->data = data;
>        data += sprintf(data, "driver:\t%s\n", intf->rt2x00dev->ops->name);
>        data += sprintf(data, "version:\t%s\n", DRV_VERSION);
> -       data += sprintf(data, "compiled:\t%s %s\n", __DATE__, __TIME__);
>        blob->size = strlen(blob->data);
>
>        return debugfs_create_blob(name, S_IRUSR, intf->driver_folder, blob);
> --
> 1.7.4.1
>
>
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diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00debug.c b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00debug.c
index c92db32..66166ef 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00debug.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00debug.c
@@ -568,7 +568,6 @@  static struct dentry *rt2x00debug_create_file_driver(const char *name,
 	blob->data = data;
 	data += sprintf(data, "driver:\t%s\n", intf->rt2x00dev->ops->name);
 	data += sprintf(data, "version:\t%s\n", DRV_VERSION);
-	data += sprintf(data, "compiled:\t%s %s\n", __DATE__, __TIME__);
 	blob->size = strlen(blob->data);
 
 	return debugfs_create_blob(name, S_IRUSR, intf->driver_folder, blob);