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

From: Greg KH
Date: Fri Dec 04 2020 - 10:48:16 EST


On Thu, Dec 03, 2020 at 01:47:56PM +0100, Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult wrote:
> 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 practical
> meaning anymore.
>
> Signed-off-by: Enrico Weigelt <info@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/staging/goldfish/goldfish_audio.c | 1 -
> 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/goldfish/goldfish_audio.c b/drivers/staging/goldfish/goldfish_audio.c
> index 0c65a0121dde..4a23f40e549a 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/goldfish/goldfish_audio.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/goldfish/goldfish_audio.c
> @@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
> MODULE_AUTHOR("Google, Inc.");
> MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Android QEMU Audio Driver");
> MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
> -MODULE_VERSION("1.0");
>
> struct goldfish_audio {
> char __iomem *reg_base;

This file isn't even in my tree, are you sure you made this patch series
against the correct branch/tree?

Please fix this series up and resend.

thanks,

greg k-h