I've been working with linux-5.4.21 for some time and while updating the changed files to our local git repository I found some source files have some changes that I hadn't made. It's like this.
In drivers/edac/e7xxx_edac.c (compare the lines with $Id)
Before :
* Jim Garlick (Lawrence Livermore National Labs)
* Dave Peterson (Lawrence Livermore National Labs)
* That One Guy (Some other place)
* Wang Zhenyu (intel.com)
*
* $Id$
*
*/
#include <linux/module.h>
#include <linux/init.h>
#include <linux/pci.h>
After :
* Jim Garlick (Lawrence Livermore National Labs)
* Dave Peterson (Lawrence Livermore National Labs)
* That One Guy (Some other place)
* Wang Zhenyu (intel.com)
*
* $Id: edac_e7xxx.c,v 1.5.2.9 2005/10/05 00:43:44 dsp_llnl Exp $
*
*/
#include <linux/module.h>
#include <linux/init.h>
#include <linux/pci.h>
In drivers/net/plip/plip.c (compare the lines with $Id),
Before :
// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
/* $Id$ */
/* PLIP: A parallel port "network" driver for Linux. */
/* This driver is for parallel port with 5-bit cable (LapLink (R) cable). */
/*
* Authors: Donald Becker <[email protected]>
* Tommy Thorn <[email protected]>
After :
// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
/* $Id: plip.c,v 1.3.6.2 1997/04/16 15:07:56 phil Exp $ */
/* PLIP: A parallel port "network" driver for Linux. */
/* This driver is for parallel port with 5-bit cable (LapLink (R) cable). */
/*
* Authors: Donald Becker <[email protected]>
* Tommy Thorn <[email protected]>
I don't know how there automatically generated values were inserted to $Id in the source file. How are these generated and why? (I'm using arm64 toolchain)