From bc4fcd0a1b7635b012e5b2f3f0fb85a2d29fe13a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2018 21:27:55 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] r8169: remove version info
The version number hasn't changed for ages and in general I doubt it
provides any benefit. The message in rtl_init_one() may even be
misleading because it's printed also if something fails in probe.
Therefore let's remove the version information.
Signed-off-by: Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
---
drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169.c | 8 --------
1 file changed, 8 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169.c
index 8ea1fa36ca438..77802a9d162e5 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169.c
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@
#include <asm/io.h>
#include <asm/irq.h>
-#define RTL8169_VERSION "2.3LK-NAPI"
#define MODULENAME "r8169"
#define FIRMWARE_8168D_1 "rtl_nic/rtl8168d-1.fw"
@@ -784,7 +783,6 @@ MODULE_PARM_DESC(use_dac, "Enable PCI DAC. Unsafe on 32 bit PCI slot.");
module_param_named(debug, debug.msg_enable, int, 0);
MODULE_PARM_DESC(debug, "Debug verbosity level (0=none, ..., 16=all)");
MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
-MODULE_VERSION(RTL8169_VERSION);
MODULE_FIRMWARE(FIRMWARE_8168D_1);
MODULE_FIRMWARE(FIRMWARE_8168D_2);
MODULE_FIRMWARE(FIRMWARE_8168E_1);
@@ -1635,7 +1633,6 @@ static void rtl8169_get_drvinfo(struct net_device *dev,
struct rtl_fw *rtl_fw = tp->rtl_fw;
strlcpy(info->driver, MODULENAME, sizeof(info->driver));
- strlcpy(info->version, RTL8169_VERSION, sizeof(info->version));
strlcpy(info->bus_info, pci_name(tp->pci_dev), sizeof(info->bus_info));
BUILD_BUG_ON(sizeof(info->fw_version) < sizeof(rtl_fw->version));
if (!IS_ERR_OR_NULL(rtl_fw))
@@ -7292,11 +7289,6 @@ static int rtl_init_one(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *ent)
int chipset, region, i;
int rc;
- if (netif_msg_drv(&debug)) {
- printk(KERN_INFO "%s Gigabit Ethernet driver %s loaded\n",
- MODULENAME, RTL8169_VERSION);
- }
-
dev = devm_alloc_etherdev(&pdev->dev, sizeof (*tp));
if (!dev)
return -ENOMEM;