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

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Date:	Sat, 5 Jan 2008 14:15:06 +0100
From:	Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@...il.com>
To:	Robert Hancock <hancockr@...w.ca>
Cc:	linux-ide@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ide: delete filenames/versions from comments


Hi,

On Thursday 03 January 2008, Robert Hancock wrote:
> 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..

Yep, care to make a patch removing it?

Thanks,
Bart
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