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

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Message-ID: <20180810204227.GB11955@lunn.ch>
Date:   Fri, 10 Aug 2018 22:42:27 +0200
From:   Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To:     Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>
Cc:     David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Realtek linux nic maintainers <nic_swsd@...ltek.com>,
        "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] r8169: remove version info

On Fri, Aug 10, 2018 at 09:27:55PM +0200, Heiner Kallweit wrote:
> 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>

Reviewed-by: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>

    Andrew