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[net-next,v2,02/13] sunhme: Remove version

Message ID 20220924015339.1816744-3-seanga2@gmail.com (mailing list archive)
State Accepted
Commit 6478c6e994559ca2a4cb42808b35220704624660
Delegated to: Netdev Maintainers
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Series net: sunhme: Cleanups and logging improvements | expand

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Commit Message

Sean Anderson Sept. 24, 2022, 1:53 a.m. UTC 
Module versions are not very useful:

> The basic problem is, the version string does not identify the sources
> with enough accuracy. It says nothing about back ported fixes in
> stable kernels. It tells you nothing about vendor patches to the
> network core, etc.

https://lore.kernel.org/all/Yf6mtvA1zO7cdzr7@lunn.ch/

While we're at it, inline the author and use the driver name a bit more.

Signed-off-by: Sean Anderson <seanga2@gmail.com>
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(no changes since v1)

 drivers/net/ethernet/sun/sunhme.c | 17 ++---------------
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
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diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/sun/sunhme.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/sun/sunhme.c
index 987f4c7338f5..7340d0f2ef93 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/sun/sunhme.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/sun/sunhme.c
@@ -61,15 +61,8 @@ 
 #include "sunhme.h"
 
 #define DRV_NAME	"sunhme"
-#define DRV_VERSION	"3.10"
-#define DRV_RELDATE	"August 26, 2008"
-#define DRV_AUTHOR	"David S. Miller (davem@davemloft.net)"
 
-static char version[] =
-	DRV_NAME ".c:v" DRV_VERSION " " DRV_RELDATE " " DRV_AUTHOR "\n";
-
-MODULE_VERSION(DRV_VERSION);
-MODULE_AUTHOR(DRV_AUTHOR);
+MODULE_AUTHOR("David S. Miller (davem@davemloft.net)");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Sun HappyMealEthernet(HME) 10/100baseT ethernet driver");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
 
@@ -2451,8 +2444,7 @@  static void hme_get_drvinfo(struct net_device *dev, struct ethtool_drvinfo *info
 {
 	struct happy_meal *hp = netdev_priv(dev);
 
-	strscpy(info->driver, "sunhme", sizeof(info->driver));
-	strscpy(info->version, "2.02", sizeof(info->version));
+	strscpy(info->driver, DRV_NAME, sizeof(info->driver));
 	if (hp->happy_flags & HFLAG_PCI) {
 		struct pci_dev *pdev = hp->happy_dev;
 		strscpy(info->bus_info, pci_name(pdev), sizeof(info->bus_info));
@@ -2488,8 +2480,6 @@  static const struct ethtool_ops hme_ethtool_ops = {
 	.set_link_ksettings	= hme_set_link_ksettings,
 };
 
-static int hme_version_printed;
-
 #ifdef CONFIG_SBUS
 /* Given a happy meal sbus device, find it's quattro parent.
  * If none exist, allocate and return a new one.
@@ -2973,9 +2963,6 @@  static int happy_meal_pci_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev,
 		goto err_out;
 	SET_NETDEV_DEV(dev, &pdev->dev);
 
-	if (hme_version_printed++ == 0)
-		printk(KERN_INFO "%s", version);
-
 	hp = netdev_priv(dev);
 
 	hp->happy_dev = pdev;