Re: [PATCH net-next 01/15] batman-adv: drop batman-adv specific version

Jakub Kicinski <[email protected]>
Newsgroups org.open-mesh.lists.batman,org.kernel.vger.netdev
Message-ID <[email protected]> 
On Thu, 28 May 2026 16:29:10 +0200 Simon Wunderlich wrote:
> +#define BATADV_SOURCE_VERSION "linux-" UTS_RELEASE

What purpose that does "linux-" prefix serve?
The unwritten rule is that the OOT drivers have to append something 
to their version to distinguish themselves. In-tree version is just
the pure kernel version.

To be clear, definitely a move in the right direction. I hope we can
move _all the way_ in the right direction, tho, without still defining
OOT-feeling version.h file with a dedicated BATADV_SOURCE_VERSION
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