netdev - Re: [PATCH 5/8] net: bluetooth: remove unneeded MODULE

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Message-Id: <22BD3D36-DE54-4062-B3A1-15D9E0E256A8@holtmann.org>
Date:   Sun, 5 Jan 2020 10:34:56 +0100
From:   Marcel Holtmann <marcel@...tmann.org>
To:     "Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult" <info@...ux.net>
Cc:     lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        mareklindner@...mailbox.ch, sw@...onwunderlich.de, a@...table.cc,
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        netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/8] net: bluetooth: remove unneeded MODULE_VERSION()
 usage

Hi Enrico,

> Remove MODULE_VERSION(), as it isn't needed at all: the only version
> making sense is the kernel version.

I prefer to keep the MODULE_VERSION info since it provides this information via modinfo.

Unless there is a kernel wide consent to remove MODULE_VERSION altogether, the Bluetooth subsystem is keeping it.

Regards

Marcel