[PATCH 07/11] drivers: staging: vc04_services: remove unneeded MODULE_VERSION() call

2020-12-03 Thread Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult
Remove MODULE_VERSION(), as it doesn't seem to have any practical purpose. For in-tree drivers, the kernel version really matters. OTOH, the module version doesn't seem to be actively maintained - the code received changes while the version remained constant. Signed-off-by: Enrico Weigelt --- dr

[PATCH 11/11] drivers: staging: rtl8723bs: remove unneeded MODULE_VERSION() call

2020-12-03 Thread Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult
Remove MODULE_VERSION(), as it doesn't seem to serve any practical purpose. The driver received lots of changes, but module remained constant since it landed in mainline, several years ago. Signed-off-by: Enrico Weigelt --- drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/os_dep/os_intfs.c | 1 - 1 file changed, 1 del

[PATCH 05/11] drivers: staging: media: remove unneeded MODULE_VERSION() call

2020-12-03 Thread Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult
Remove MODULE_VERSION(), as it doesn't seem to serve any practical purpose. For in-tree drivers, the kernel version matters. The code received lots of changes, but module version remained constant, since the driver landed in mainline. So, this version doesn't seem have any practical meaning anymore

[PATCH 02/11] drivers: staging: gasket: remove unneeded MODULE_VERSION() call

2020-12-03 Thread Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult
Remove MODULE_VERSION(), as it doesn't seem to serve any practical purpose. For in-tree drivers, the kernel version matters. The code has received lots of changes, w/o the versions being actively maintained, so it doesn't seem to have much practical meaning. Signed-off-by: Enrico Weigelt --- dri

[PATCH 01/11] drivers: staging: speakup: remove unneeded MODULE_VERSION() call

2020-12-03 Thread Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult
Remove MODULE_VERSION(), as it doesn't seem to serve any practical purpose. For in-tree drivers, the kernel version matters. The drivers have received lots of changes, without the module version (or the underlying DRV_VERSION macro) ever changed, since the code landed in the kernel tree. So, it do

[PATCH 08/11] drivers: staging: rtl8188eu: remove unneeded MODULE_VERSION() call

2020-12-03 Thread Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult
Remove MODULE_VERSION(), as it doesn't seem to serve any practical purpose. For in-kernel drivers, the kernel version matters most. The driver received lots of changes, while module version remained constant, since it landed in mainline, back 7 years ago. Signed-off-by: Enrico Weigelt --- driver

[PATCH 09/11] drivers: staging: rtl8192e: remove unneeded MODULE_VERSION() call

2020-12-03 Thread Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult
Remove MODULE_VERSION(), as it doesn't seem to have any practical purpose: the driver has received lots of changes, while the module version remained constant. Unmaintained version numbers aren't actually useful. Signed-off-by: Enrico Weigelt --- drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtl8192e/rtl_core.c | 1

[PATCH 10/11] drivers: staging: rtl8723bs: remove unneeded MODULE_VERSION() call

2020-12-03 Thread Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult
Remove MODULE_VERSION(), as it doesn't seem to have any pratical purpose. The code received lots of huge changes, but module version remained constant, since it landed in mainline tree, back 11 years go. Unmaintained version numbers aren't actually useful. For in-tree drivers, the kernel version re

[PATCH 03/11] drivers: staging: gdm724x: remove unneeded MODULE_VERSION() call

2020-12-03 Thread Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult
Remove MODULE_VERSION(), as it doesn't seem to serve any practical purpose. For in-kernel drivers, the kernel version matters. And the code has received lots of changes, without the version ever been touched (remained constant since landing in the mainline tree), so it doesn't seem to have any prac

[PATCH 04/11] drivers: staging: goldfish: remove unneeded MODULE_VERSION() call

2020-12-03 Thread Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult
Remove MODULE_VERSION(), as it doesn't seem to have much practical purpose. For in-kernel drivers, the kernel version matters. The driver received lots of changes, but version number has remained the same since it's introducing into mainline, seven years ago. So, it doesn't seem to have much practi

[PATCH 06/11] drivers: staging: qlge: remove unneeded MODULE_VERSION() call

2020-12-03 Thread Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult
Remove MODULE_VERSION(), as it doesn't seem to serve any practical purpose. For in-tree drivers, the kernel version really matters. The module version doesn't seem to be maintained and having much practical meaning anymore. Signed-off-by: Enrico Weigelt --- drivers/staging/qlge/qlge_main.c | 1 -

Re: [PATCH] staging: unisys: visornic: Update the description of 'poll_for_irq()'

2019-07-22 Thread Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult
+ * @t: pointer to the 'struct timer_list' from which we can retrieve the + * the visornic devdata struct. * * Main function of the vnic_incoming thread. Periodically check the response * queue and drain it if needed. Reviewed-By: Enrico Weigelt -- Enrico Weigelt, metux I

Re: [PATCH] staging: unisys: visornic: Update the description of 'poll_for_irq()'

2019-07-22 Thread Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult
+ * @t: pointer to the 'struct timer_list' from which we can retrieve the + * the visornic devdata struct. * * Main function of the vnic_incoming thread. Periodically check the response * queue and drain it if needed. Reviewed-By: Enrico Weigelt -- Enrico Weigelt, metux I