linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] ide: delete filenames/versions from comments

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Date:	Wed, 02 Jan 2008 18:40:08 -0600
From:	Robert Hancock <hancockr@...w.ca>
To:	Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@...il.com>
Cc:	linux-ide@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ide: delete filenames/versions from comments

Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote:
> Delete filenames/versions from comments.
> 
> I'm leaving decisions about adding DRV_VERSION defines and MODULE_VERSION()-s
> to maintainers of the respective drivers.
> 
> While at it:
> 
> * Remove unused VERSION define from ide.c.
> 
> * Remove unused/stale DRV_VERSION define from au1xxx-ide.c.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@...il.com>

How about getting rid of this stupid thing in drivers/ide/ide.c:

#define	REVISION	"Revision: 7.00alpha2"

which is used in:

printk(KERN_INFO "Uniform Multi-Platform E-IDE driver " REVISION "\n");

It's been 7.00alpha2 for god knows how long, so clearly this version 
number is not useful..

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