linux-kernel - [PATCH v2] mmc: sdhci: Stop advertising the driver in dmesg

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Message-Id: <20251008-mmc-no-advert-v2-1-45bc00006fb2@linaro.org>
Date: Wed, 08 Oct 2025 00:04:34 +0200
From: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
To: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com>, 
 Ulf Hansson <ulf.hansson@...aro.org>
Cc: linux-mmc@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, 
 Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
Subject: [PATCH v2] mmc: sdhci: Stop advertising the driver in dmesg

As much as we have grown used to seeing this message on
every kernel boot, it does not add any technical value.

Drop all messages from sdhci_drv_init().

We need to keep the module_init/exit() calls to stub
functions for the module to work according to
<linux/module.h>.

Signed-off-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
---
Changes in v2:
- Drop all the messages instead of demoting.
- Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20251007-mmc-no-advert-v1-1-0e16989d28ef@linaro.org
---
 drivers/mmc/host/sdhci.c | 4 ----
 1 file changed, 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci.c b/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci.c
index ac7e11f37af71fa5a70eb579fd812227b9347f83..2025b33bd6bfb51fc3116148299807054179b2e2 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci.c
@@ -4999,10 +4999,6 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(sdhci_remove_host);
 
 static int __init sdhci_drv_init(void)
 {
-	pr_info(DRIVER_NAME
-		": Secure Digital Host Controller Interface driver\n");
-	pr_info(DRIVER_NAME ": Copyright(c) Pierre Ossman\n");
-
 	return 0;
 }
 

---
base-commit: fd94619c43360eb44d28bd3ef326a4f85c600a07
change-id: 20251007-mmc-no-advert-8f5646c44dd6

Best regards,
-- 
Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>