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From: Adrian Bunk <bunk@fs.tum.de>
To: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com>
Cc: linux-net@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [2.6 patch] net/seeq8005.c: small cleanups (fwd)
Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2004 21:21:59 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20040811192159.GE26174@fs.tum.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <411A64AA.70902@pobox.com>

On Wed, Aug 11, 2004 at 02:25:46PM -0400, Jeff Garzik wrote:
>...
> >-static const char version[] =
> >-	"seeq8005.c:v1.00 8/07/95 Hamish Coleman 
> >(hamish@zot.apana.org.au)\n";
>...
> >-	if (net_debug  &&  version_printed++ == 0)
> >-		printk(version);
>...
> This "small cleanup" appears to kill useful and working code.

I'd agree if this was a version number that was regularly updated.

But when is a 9 year old version tag useful?

> 	Jeff

cu
Adrian

-- 

       "Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly out
        of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days.
       "Only a promise," Lao Er said.
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      reply	other threads:[~2004-08-11 19:22 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2004-08-09 21:51 [2.6 patch] net/seeq8005.c: small cleanups (fwd) Adrian Bunk
2004-08-11 18:25 ` Jeff Garzik
2004-08-11 19:21   ` Adrian Bunk [this message]

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