netdev - [PATCH] epic100: remove module version and switch to module_pci

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Message-ID: <20251211074922.154268-1-enelsonmoore@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2025 23:49:22 -0800
From: Ethan Nelson-Moore <enelsonmoore@...il.com>
To: netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc: Ethan Nelson-Moore <enelsonmoore@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH] epic100: remove module version and switch to module_pci_driver

The module version is useless, and the only thing the epic_init routine
did besides pci_register_driver was to print the version.

Signed-off-by: Ethan Nelson-Moore <enelsonmoore@...il.com>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/smsc/epic100.c | 35 +----------------------------
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 34 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/smsc/epic100.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/smsc/epic100.c
index 45f703fe0e5a..389659db06a8 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/smsc/epic100.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/smsc/epic100.c
@@ -26,8 +26,6 @@
 */
 
 #define DRV_NAME        "epic100"
-#define DRV_VERSION     "2.1"
-#define DRV_RELDATE     "Sept 11, 2006"
 
 /* The user-configurable values.
    These may be modified when a driver module is loaded.*/
@@ -89,12 +87,6 @@ static int rx_copybreak;
 #include <linux/uaccess.h>
 #include <asm/byteorder.h>
 
-/* These identify the driver base version and may not be removed. */
-static char version[] =
-DRV_NAME ".c:v1.11 1/7/2001 Written by Donald Becker <becker@...ld.com>";
-static char version2[] =
-"  (unofficial 2.4.x kernel port, version " DRV_VERSION ", " DRV_RELDATE ")";
-
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Donald Becker <becker@...ld.com>");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("SMC 83c170 EPIC series Ethernet driver");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
@@ -329,11 +321,6 @@ static int epic_init_one(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *ent)
 	void *ring_space;
 	dma_addr_t ring_dma;
 
-/* when built into the kernel, we only print version if device is found */
-#ifndef MODULE
-	pr_info_once("%s%s\n", version, version2);
-#endif
-
 	card_idx++;
 
 	ret = pci_enable_device(pdev);
@@ -1393,7 +1380,6 @@ static void netdev_get_drvinfo (struct net_device *dev, struct ethtool_drvinfo *
 	struct epic_private *np = netdev_priv(dev);
 
 	strscpy(info->driver, DRV_NAME, sizeof(info->driver));
-	strscpy(info->version, DRV_VERSION, sizeof(info->version));
 	strscpy(info->bus_info, pci_name(np->pci_dev), sizeof(info->bus_info));
 }
 
@@ -1564,23 +1550,4 @@ static struct pci_driver epic_driver = {
 	.driver.pm	= &epic_pm_ops,
 };
 
-
-static int __init epic_init (void)
-{
-/* when a module, this is printed whether or not devices are found in probe */
-#ifdef MODULE
-	pr_info("%s%s\n", version, version2);
-#endif
-
-	return pci_register_driver(&epic_driver);
-}
-
-
-static void __exit epic_cleanup (void)
-{
-	pci_unregister_driver (&epic_driver);
-}
-
-
-module_init(epic_init);
-module_exit(epic_cleanup);
+module_pci_driver(epic_driver);
-- 
2.43.0