Re: Show module version sysfs file for built-in modules?

[Alan Jenkins]

On 7/29/09, devzero@xxxxxx <devzero@xxxxxx> wrote:
> what about this ?
>
> neoware:/sys/module/8139too # cat /sys/module/8139too/version
> 0.9.28
>
> neoware:/sys/module/8139too # modinfo 8139too |grep "^version:"
> version:        0.9.28
>
> the latter should work completely without consulting the kernel for that
> information.
>
> regards
> roland
>
>>List:       linux-kernel
>>Subject:    Show module version sysfs file for built-in modules?

modinfo clearly won't work for *built in* drivers.  Apparently
/sys/module/$MODULE/version doesn't work for built in modules either.
Hence this proposal.

Alan
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