netdev - [PATCH net-next] r8169: remove version info

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Date:   Fri, 10 Aug 2018 21:27:55 +0200
From:   Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>
To:     David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Realtek linux nic maintainers <nic_swsd@...ltek.com>
Cc:     "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH net-next] 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@...il.com>
---
 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 8ea1fa36..77802a9d 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;
-- 
2.18.0