netdev - [PATCH net-next 0/3] net/staging: Don't bother filling in ethtool driver version

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Message-Id: <20240222090042.12609-1-john.g.garry@oracle.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2024 09:00:39 +0000
From: John Garry <john.g.garry@...cle.com>
To: jiri@...nulli.us, davem@...emloft.net, edumazet@...gle.com,
        kuba@...nel.org, pabeni@...hat.com, gregkh@...uxfoundation.org
Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-staging@...ts.linux.dev,
        masahiroy@...nel.org, John Garry <john.g.garry@...cle.com>
Subject: [PATCH net-next 0/3] net/staging: Don't bother filling in ethtool driver version

The drivers included in this series set the ethtool driver version to the
same as the default, UTS_RELEASE, so don't both doing this.

As noted by Masahiro in [0], with CONFIG_MODVERSIONS=y, some drivers could
be built as modules against a different kernel tree with differing
UTS_RELEASE. As such, these changes could lead to a change in behaviour.
However, defaulting to the core kernel UTS_RELEASE would be expected
behaviour.

These patches are for netdev and staging trees, and I hope that the
respective maintainers can pick up the patches separately.

[0] https://lore.kernel.org/all/CAK7LNASfTW+OMk1cJJWb4E6P+=k0FEsm_=6FDfDF_mTrxJCSMQ@mail.gmail.com/

John Garry (3):
  rocker: Don't bother filling in ethtool driver version
  net: team: Don't bother filling in ethtool driver version
  staging: octeon: Don't bother filling in ethtool driver version

 drivers/net/ethernet/rocker/rocker_main.c | 2 --
 drivers/net/team/team.c                   | 2 --
 drivers/staging/octeon/ethernet-mdio.c    | 2 --
 3 files changed, 6 deletions(-)

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