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

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Message-Id: <20180810.142717.973598422312772501.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:   Fri, 10 Aug 2018 14:27:17 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     hkallweit1@...il.com
Cc:     nic_swsd@...ltek.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] r8169: remove version info

From: Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>
Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2018 21:27:55 +0200

> 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>

Applied.