linux-kernel - [PATCH] ide: remove stale version number

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Date:	Thu, 7 Feb 2008 22:15:54 +0100
From:	Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@...il.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	linux-ide@...r.kernel.org, Robert Hancock <hancockr@...w.ca>
Subject: [PATCH] ide: remove stale version number


On Thursday 03 January 2008, Robert Hancock wrote:

[...]

> 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..

Cc: Robert Hancock <hancockr@...w.ca>
Signed-off-by: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@...il.com>
---
 drivers/ide/ide.c |    4 +---
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)

Index: b/drivers/ide/ide.c
===================================================================
--- a/drivers/ide/ide.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide.c
@@ -44,8 +44,6 @@
  *  inspiration from lots of linux users, esp.  hamish@....apana.org.au
  */
 
-#define	REVISION	"Revision: 7.00alpha2"
-
 #define _IDE_C			/* Tell ide.h it's really us */
 
 #include <linux/module.h>
@@ -1618,7 +1616,7 @@ static int __init ide_init(void)
 {
 	int ret;
 
-	printk(KERN_INFO "Uniform Multi-Platform E-IDE driver " REVISION "\n");
+	printk(KERN_INFO "Uniform Multi-Platform E-IDE driver\n");
 	system_bus_speed = ide_system_bus_speed();
 
 	printk(KERN_INFO "ide: Assuming %dMHz system bus speed "
--
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