netdev - Re: [PATCH] tun: remove copyright printing

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Date:   Wed, 8 Mar 2017 15:20:48 -0800
From:   Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>
To:     Corentin Labbe <clabbe.montjoie@...il.com>
Cc:     davem@...emloft.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] tun: remove copyright printing

On Wed,  8 Mar 2017 16:46:57 +0100
Corentin Labbe <clabbe.montjoie@...il.com> wrote:

> Printing copyright does not give any useful information on the boot
> process.
> Furthermore, the email address printed is obsolete since
> commit ba57b6f20429 ("MAINTAINERS: fix bouncing tun/tap entries")
> 
> Signed-off-by: Corentin Labbe <clabbe.montjoie@...il.com>
> ---
>  drivers/net/tun.c | 1 -
>  1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/tun.c b/drivers/net/tun.c
> index dc1b1dd..f58b7d8 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/tun.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/tun.c
> @@ -2570,7 +2570,6 @@ static int __init tun_init(void)
>  	int ret = 0;
>  
>  	pr_info("%s, %s\n", DRV_DESCRIPTION, DRV_VERSION);
> -	pr_info("%s\n", DRV_COPYRIGHT);
>  
>  	ret = rtnl_link_register(&tun_link_ops);
>  	if (ret) {

Why not just kill the pr_info() all together.
It is just a vanity message.