netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] net/core: Replace driver version to be kernel version

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Message-Id: <20200127.134702.11514171613304391.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:   Mon, 27 Jan 2020 13:47:02 +0100 (CET)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     leon@...nel.org
Cc:     kuba@...nel.org, snelson@...sando.io, michal.kalderon@...vell.com,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] net/core: Replace driver version to be kernel
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From: Leon Romanovsky <leon@...nel.org>
Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2020 14:42:05 +0200

> Anyway, I sent v4 https://lore.kernel.org/linux-rdma/20200127072028.19123-1-leon@kernel.org
> and that variant provides default version value without harming
> out-of-tree modules.
> 
> I have a plan to start and remove ethtool version and MODULE_VERSION()
> calls from the drivers/net/* modules after merge window completes.
> 
> Does this plan sound right to you?

Yes it does, I was just reviewing the patch now.