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* [PATCH net-next v4] net: usb: remove unnecessary get_drvinfo code and driver versions
@ 2026-01-29  4:23 Ethan Nelson-Moore
  2026-01-31  1:50 ` patchwork-bot+netdevbpf
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: Ethan Nelson-Moore @ 2026-01-29  4:23 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: netdev, linux-usb
  Cc: Ethan Nelson-Moore, Andrew Lunn, Andy Shevchenko, Peter Korsgaard,
	Andrew Lunn, David S. Miller, Eric Dumazet, Jakub Kicinski,
	Paolo Abeni, Petko Manolov, Steve Glendinning, UNGLinuxDriver,
	Nikita Zhandarovich, Oliver Neukum, Krzysztof Hałasa,
	Deepanshu Kartikey, Oleksij Rempel, Max Schulze, Thomas Gleixner,
	Ingo Molnar, Kees Cook, Gustavo A. R. Silva, Eric Biggers

Many USB network drivers define get_drvinfo functions which add no
value over usbnet_get_drvinfo, only setting the driver name and
version. usbnet_get_drvinfo automatically sets the driver name, and
separate driver versions are now frowned upon in the kernel. Remove all
driver versions and replace these get_drvinfo functions with references
to usbnet_get_drvinfo where possible. Where that is not possible,
remove unnecessary code to set the driver name. Also remove two
unnecessary initializations from aqc111_get_drvinfo, an inaccurate
comment in pegasus.c, and an unused macro in catc.c.

Reviewed-by: Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>
Reviewed-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Peter Korsgaard <peter@korsgaard.com> (for dm9601.c)
Signed-off-by: Ethan Nelson-Moore <enelsonmoore@gmail.com>
---
Changes in v4:
Rebase against latest net-next
Add more received tags

Changes in v3:
Add changelog
Add received Reviewed-by tag

Changes in v2:
Also remove driver versions from smsc[79]5xx (missed in the original
patch because they had a version definition but didn't use it in
get_drvinfo)

 drivers/net/usb/aqc111.c       |  5 -----
 drivers/net/usb/asix.h         |  3 ---
 drivers/net/usb/asix_common.c  |  8 --------
 drivers/net/usb/asix_devices.c |  8 +++-----
 drivers/net/usb/ax88172a.c     |  2 +-
 drivers/net/usb/catc.c         |  7 -------
 drivers/net/usb/dm9601.c       |  9 +--------
 drivers/net/usb/mcs7830.c      |  7 +------
 drivers/net/usb/pegasus.c      |  3 ---
 drivers/net/usb/r8152.c        | 10 ----------
 drivers/net/usb/rtl8150.c      |  3 ---
 drivers/net/usb/sierra_net.c   | 14 +-------------
 drivers/net/usb/smsc75xx.c     |  3 ---
 drivers/net/usb/smsc95xx.c     |  3 ---
 drivers/net/usb/sr9800.c       | 12 +-----------
 drivers/net/usb/sr9800.h       |  3 +--
 16 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 91 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/usb/aqc111.c b/drivers/net/usb/aqc111.c
index 9201ee10a13f..0722050dbe32 100644
--- a/drivers/net/usb/aqc111.c
+++ b/drivers/net/usb/aqc111.c
@@ -20,8 +20,6 @@
 
 #include "aqc111.h"
 
-#define DRIVER_NAME "aqc111"
-
 static int aqc111_read_cmd_nopm(struct usbnet *dev, u8 cmd, u16 value,
 				u16 index, u16 size, void *data)
 {
@@ -207,13 +205,10 @@ static void aqc111_get_drvinfo(struct net_device *net,
 
 	/* Inherit standard device info */
 	usbnet_get_drvinfo(net, info);
-	strscpy(info->driver, DRIVER_NAME, sizeof(info->driver));
 	snprintf(info->fw_version, sizeof(info->fw_version), "%u.%u.%u",
 		 aqc111_data->fw_ver.major,
 		 aqc111_data->fw_ver.minor,
 		 aqc111_data->fw_ver.rev);
-	info->eedump_len = 0x00;
-	info->regdump_len = 0x00;
 }
 
 static void aqc111_get_wol(struct net_device *net,
diff --git a/drivers/net/usb/asix.h b/drivers/net/usb/asix.h
index 8531b804021a..cf97bc3d388b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/usb/asix.h
+++ b/drivers/net/usb/asix.h
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@
 #include <net/selftests.h>
 #include <linux/phylink.h>
 
-#define DRIVER_VERSION "22-Dec-2011"
 #define DRIVER_NAME "asix"
 
 /* ASIX AX8817X based USB 2.0 Ethernet Devices */
@@ -248,8 +247,6 @@ int asix_get_eeprom(struct net_device *net, struct ethtool_eeprom *eeprom,
 int asix_set_eeprom(struct net_device *net, struct ethtool_eeprom *eeprom,
 		    u8 *data);
 
-void asix_get_drvinfo(struct net_device *net, struct ethtool_drvinfo *info);
-
 int asix_set_mac_address(struct net_device *net, void *p);
 
 #endif /* _ASIX_H */
diff --git a/drivers/net/usb/asix_common.c b/drivers/net/usb/asix_common.c
index 6ab3486072cb..4f03f4e57655 100644
--- a/drivers/net/usb/asix_common.c
+++ b/drivers/net/usb/asix_common.c
@@ -731,14 +731,6 @@ int asix_set_eeprom(struct net_device *net, struct ethtool_eeprom *eeprom,
 	return ret;
 }
 
-void asix_get_drvinfo(struct net_device *net, struct ethtool_drvinfo *info)
-{
-	/* Inherit standard device info */
-	usbnet_get_drvinfo(net, info);
-	strscpy(info->driver, DRIVER_NAME, sizeof(info->driver));
-	strscpy(info->version, DRIVER_VERSION, sizeof(info->version));
-}
-
 int asix_set_mac_address(struct net_device *net, void *p)
 {
 	struct usbnet *dev = netdev_priv(net);
diff --git a/drivers/net/usb/asix_devices.c b/drivers/net/usb/asix_devices.c
index c73cf52a65a8..d8744291d843 100644
--- a/drivers/net/usb/asix_devices.c
+++ b/drivers/net/usb/asix_devices.c
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ static int asix_ioctl (struct net_device *net, struct ifreq *rq, int cmd)
    own structure so we don't interfere with other usbnet
    devices that may be connected at the same time. */
 static const struct ethtool_ops ax88172_ethtool_ops = {
-	.get_drvinfo		= asix_get_drvinfo,
+	.get_drvinfo		= usbnet_get_drvinfo,
 	.get_link		= usbnet_get_link,
 	.get_msglevel		= usbnet_get_msglevel,
 	.set_msglevel		= usbnet_set_msglevel,
@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@ static int ax88772_ethtool_set_pauseparam(struct net_device *ndev,
 }
 
 static const struct ethtool_ops ax88772_ethtool_ops = {
-	.get_drvinfo		= asix_get_drvinfo,
+	.get_drvinfo		= usbnet_get_drvinfo,
 	.get_link		= usbnet_get_link,
 	.get_msglevel		= usbnet_get_msglevel,
 	.set_msglevel		= usbnet_set_msglevel,
@@ -978,7 +978,7 @@ static void ax88178_unbind(struct usbnet *dev, struct usb_interface *intf)
 }
 
 static const struct ethtool_ops ax88178_ethtool_ops = {
-	.get_drvinfo		= asix_get_drvinfo,
+	.get_drvinfo		= usbnet_get_drvinfo,
 	.get_link		= usbnet_get_link,
 	.get_msglevel		= usbnet_get_msglevel,
 	.set_msglevel		= usbnet_set_msglevel,
@@ -1635,7 +1635,5 @@ static struct usb_driver asix_driver = {
 module_usb_driver(asix_driver);
 
 MODULE_AUTHOR("David Hollis");
-MODULE_VERSION(DRIVER_VERSION);
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("ASIX AX8817X based USB 2.0 Ethernet Devices");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
-
diff --git a/drivers/net/usb/ax88172a.c b/drivers/net/usb/ax88172a.c
index 758a423a459b..3100fbe153c0 100644
--- a/drivers/net/usb/ax88172a.c
+++ b/drivers/net/usb/ax88172a.c
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ static const struct net_device_ops ax88172a_netdev_ops = {
 };
 
 static const struct ethtool_ops ax88172a_ethtool_ops = {
-	.get_drvinfo		= asix_get_drvinfo,
+	.get_drvinfo		= usbnet_get_drvinfo,
 	.get_link		= usbnet_get_link,
 	.get_msglevel		= usbnet_get_msglevel,
 	.set_msglevel		= usbnet_set_msglevel,
diff --git a/drivers/net/usb/catc.c b/drivers/net/usb/catc.c
index 6759388692f8..5c7f19cbacf6 100644
--- a/drivers/net/usb/catc.c
+++ b/drivers/net/usb/catc.c
@@ -37,14 +37,8 @@
 
 #include <linux/usb.h>
 
-/*
- * Version information.
- */
-
-#define DRIVER_VERSION "v2.8"
 #define DRIVER_AUTHOR "Vojtech Pavlik <vojtech@suse.cz>"
 #define DRIVER_DESC "CATC EL1210A NetMate USB Ethernet driver"
-#define SHORT_DRIVER_DESC "EL1210A NetMate USB Ethernet"
 
 MODULE_AUTHOR(DRIVER_AUTHOR);
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION(DRIVER_DESC);
@@ -673,7 +667,6 @@ static void catc_get_drvinfo(struct net_device *dev,
 {
 	struct catc *catc = netdev_priv(dev);
 	strscpy(info->driver, driver_name, sizeof(info->driver));
-	strscpy(info->version, DRIVER_VERSION, sizeof(info->version));
 	usb_make_path(catc->usbdev, info->bus_info, sizeof(info->bus_info));
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/usb/dm9601.c b/drivers/net/usb/dm9601.c
index 5540f7ec4906..9e5649cefcbc 100644
--- a/drivers/net/usb/dm9601.c
+++ b/drivers/net/usb/dm9601.c
@@ -259,13 +259,6 @@ static void dm9601_mdio_write(struct net_device *netdev, int phy_id, int loc,
 	dm_write_shared_word(dev, 1, loc, res);
 }
 
-static void dm9601_get_drvinfo(struct net_device *net,
-			       struct ethtool_drvinfo *info)
-{
-	/* Inherit standard device info */
-	usbnet_get_drvinfo(net, info);
-}
-
 static int dm9601_ioctl(struct net_device *net, struct ifreq *rq, int cmd)
 {
 	struct usbnet *dev = netdev_priv(net);
@@ -274,7 +267,7 @@ static int dm9601_ioctl(struct net_device *net, struct ifreq *rq, int cmd)
 }
 
 static const struct ethtool_ops dm9601_ethtool_ops = {
-	.get_drvinfo	= dm9601_get_drvinfo,
+	.get_drvinfo	= usbnet_get_drvinfo,
 	.get_link	= usbnet_get_link,
 	.get_msglevel	= usbnet_get_msglevel,
 	.set_msglevel	= usbnet_set_msglevel,
diff --git a/drivers/net/usb/mcs7830.c b/drivers/net/usb/mcs7830.c
index fdda0616704e..3a551ad363d0 100644
--- a/drivers/net/usb/mcs7830.c
+++ b/drivers/net/usb/mcs7830.c
@@ -438,11 +438,6 @@ static int mcs7830_get_regs_len(struct net_device *net)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static void mcs7830_get_drvinfo(struct net_device *net, struct ethtool_drvinfo *drvinfo)
-{
-	usbnet_get_drvinfo(net, drvinfo);
-}
-
 static void mcs7830_get_regs(struct net_device *net, struct ethtool_regs *regs, void *data)
 {
 	struct usbnet *dev = netdev_priv(net);
@@ -452,11 +447,11 @@ static void mcs7830_get_regs(struct net_device *net, struct ethtool_regs *regs,
 }
 
 static const struct ethtool_ops mcs7830_ethtool_ops = {
-	.get_drvinfo		= mcs7830_get_drvinfo,
 	.get_regs_len		= mcs7830_get_regs_len,
 	.get_regs		= mcs7830_get_regs,
 
 	/* common usbnet calls */
+	.get_drvinfo		= usbnet_get_drvinfo,
 	.get_link		= usbnet_get_link,
 	.get_msglevel		= usbnet_get_msglevel,
 	.set_msglevel		= usbnet_set_msglevel,
diff --git a/drivers/net/usb/pegasus.c b/drivers/net/usb/pegasus.c
index c514483134f0..7b6d6eb60709 100644
--- a/drivers/net/usb/pegasus.c
+++ b/drivers/net/usb/pegasus.c
@@ -18,9 +18,6 @@
 #include <linux/uaccess.h>
 #include "pegasus.h"
 
-/*
- * Version Information
- */
 #define DRIVER_AUTHOR "Petko Manolov <petkan@nucleusys.com>"
 #define DRIVER_DESC "Pegasus/Pegasus II USB Ethernet driver"
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/usb/r8152.c b/drivers/net/usb/r8152.c
index 880b59ed5422..e8e6689d2c70 100644
--- a/drivers/net/usb/r8152.c
+++ b/drivers/net/usb/r8152.c
@@ -30,13 +30,6 @@
 #include <linux/usb/r8152.h>
 #include <net/gso.h>
 
-/* Information for net-next */
-#define NETNEXT_VERSION		"12"
-
-/* Information for net */
-#define NET_VERSION		"13"
-
-#define DRIVER_VERSION		"v1." NETNEXT_VERSION "." NET_VERSION
 #define DRIVER_AUTHOR "Realtek linux nic maintainers <nic_swsd@realtek.com>"
 #define DRIVER_DESC "Realtek RTL8152/RTL8153 Based USB Ethernet Adapters"
 #define MODULENAME "r8152"
@@ -8756,7 +8749,6 @@ static void rtl8152_get_drvinfo(struct net_device *netdev,
 	struct r8152 *tp = netdev_priv(netdev);
 
 	strscpy(info->driver, MODULENAME, sizeof(info->driver));
-	strscpy(info->version, DRIVER_VERSION, sizeof(info->version));
 	usb_make_path(tp->udev, info->bus_info, sizeof(info->bus_info));
 	if (!IS_ERR_OR_NULL(tp->rtl_fw.fw))
 		strscpy(info->fw_version, tp->rtl_fw.version,
@@ -9950,7 +9942,6 @@ static int rtl8152_probe_once(struct usb_interface *intf,
 		goto out2;
 
 	set_bit(PROBED_WITH_NO_ERRORS, &tp->flags);
-	netif_info(tp, probe, netdev, "%s\n", DRIVER_VERSION);
 
 	return 0;
 
@@ -10145,4 +10136,3 @@ module_exit(rtl8152_driver_exit);
 MODULE_AUTHOR(DRIVER_AUTHOR);
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION(DRIVER_DESC);
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
-MODULE_VERSION(DRIVER_VERSION);
diff --git a/drivers/net/usb/rtl8150.c b/drivers/net/usb/rtl8150.c
index e40b0669d9f4..2f1f134b5b48 100644
--- a/drivers/net/usb/rtl8150.c
+++ b/drivers/net/usb/rtl8150.c
@@ -13,8 +13,6 @@
 #include <linux/usb.h>
 #include <linux/uaccess.h>
 
-/* Version Information */
-#define DRIVER_VERSION "v0.6.2 (2004/08/27)"
 #define DRIVER_AUTHOR "Petko Manolov <petkan@users.sourceforge.net>"
 #define DRIVER_DESC "rtl8150 based usb-ethernet driver"
 
@@ -785,7 +783,6 @@ static void rtl8150_get_drvinfo(struct net_device *netdev, struct ethtool_drvinf
 	rtl8150_t *dev = netdev_priv(netdev);
 
 	strscpy(info->driver, driver_name, sizeof(info->driver));
-	strscpy(info->version, DRIVER_VERSION, sizeof(info->version));
 	usb_make_path(dev->udev, info->bus_info, sizeof(info->bus_info));
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/usb/sierra_net.c b/drivers/net/usb/sierra_net.c
index 36c73db44f77..3ca60ebdd468 100644
--- a/drivers/net/usb/sierra_net.c
+++ b/drivers/net/usb/sierra_net.c
@@ -12,10 +12,8 @@
  * Sierra Wireless. Use at your own risk.
  */
 
-#define DRIVER_VERSION "v.2.0"
 #define DRIVER_AUTHOR "Paxton Smith, Matthew Safar, Rory Filer"
 #define DRIVER_DESC "USB-to-WWAN Driver for Sierra Wireless modems"
-static const char driver_name[] = "sierra_net";
 
 /* if defined debug messages enabled */
 /*#define	DEBUG*/
@@ -607,15 +605,6 @@ static void sierra_net_status(struct usbnet *dev, struct urb *urb)
 	}
 }
 
-static void sierra_net_get_drvinfo(struct net_device *net,
-		struct ethtool_drvinfo *info)
-{
-	/* Inherit standard device info */
-	usbnet_get_drvinfo(net, info);
-	strscpy(info->driver, driver_name, sizeof(info->driver));
-	strscpy(info->version, DRIVER_VERSION, sizeof(info->version));
-}
-
 static u32 sierra_net_get_link(struct net_device *net)
 {
 	struct usbnet *dev = netdev_priv(net);
@@ -624,7 +613,7 @@ static u32 sierra_net_get_link(struct net_device *net)
 }
 
 static const struct ethtool_ops sierra_net_ethtool_ops = {
-	.get_drvinfo = sierra_net_get_drvinfo,
+	.get_drvinfo = usbnet_get_drvinfo,
 	.get_link = sierra_net_get_link,
 	.get_msglevel = usbnet_get_msglevel,
 	.set_msglevel = usbnet_set_msglevel,
@@ -973,5 +962,4 @@ module_usb_driver(sierra_net_driver);
 
 MODULE_AUTHOR(DRIVER_AUTHOR);
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION(DRIVER_DESC);
-MODULE_VERSION(DRIVER_VERSION);
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
diff --git a/drivers/net/usb/smsc75xx.c b/drivers/net/usb/smsc75xx.c
index 78c821349f48..fbc9d796f605 100644
--- a/drivers/net/usb/smsc75xx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/usb/smsc75xx.c
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
 #include "smsc75xx.h"
 
 #define SMSC_CHIPNAME			"smsc75xx"
-#define SMSC_DRIVER_VERSION		"1.0.0"
 #define HS_USB_PKT_SIZE			(512)
 #define FS_USB_PKT_SIZE			(64)
 #define DEFAULT_HS_BURST_CAP_SIZE	(16 * 1024 + 5 * HS_USB_PKT_SIZE)
@@ -1447,8 +1446,6 @@ static int smsc75xx_bind(struct usbnet *dev, struct usb_interface *intf)
 	struct smsc75xx_priv *pdata = NULL;
 	int ret;
 
-	printk(KERN_INFO SMSC_CHIPNAME " v" SMSC_DRIVER_VERSION "\n");
-
 	ret = usbnet_get_endpoints(dev, intf);
 	if (ret < 0) {
 		netdev_warn(dev->net, "usbnet_get_endpoints failed: %d\n", ret);
diff --git a/drivers/net/usb/smsc95xx.c b/drivers/net/usb/smsc95xx.c
index c65402d850c9..7ecf98d97493 100644
--- a/drivers/net/usb/smsc95xx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/usb/smsc95xx.c
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@
 #include "smsc95xx.h"
 
 #define SMSC_CHIPNAME			"smsc95xx"
-#define SMSC_DRIVER_VERSION		"2.0.0"
 #define HS_USB_PKT_SIZE			(512)
 #define FS_USB_PKT_SIZE			(64)
 #define DEFAULT_HS_BURST_CAP_SIZE	(16 * 1024 + 5 * HS_USB_PKT_SIZE)
@@ -1152,8 +1151,6 @@ static int smsc95xx_bind(struct usbnet *dev, struct usb_interface *intf)
 	int ret, phy_irq;
 	u32 val;
 
-	printk(KERN_INFO SMSC_CHIPNAME " v" SMSC_DRIVER_VERSION "\n");
-
 	ret = usbnet_get_endpoints(dev, intf);
 	if (ret < 0) {
 		netdev_warn(dev->net, "usbnet_get_endpoints failed: %d\n", ret);
diff --git a/drivers/net/usb/sr9800.c b/drivers/net/usb/sr9800.c
index ee8c6c9d3962..e3f6233e5866 100644
--- a/drivers/net/usb/sr9800.c
+++ b/drivers/net/usb/sr9800.c
@@ -469,15 +469,6 @@ static int sr_get_eeprom(struct net_device *net,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static void sr_get_drvinfo(struct net_device *net,
-				 struct ethtool_drvinfo *info)
-{
-	/* Inherit standard device info */
-	usbnet_get_drvinfo(net, info);
-	strscpy(info->driver, DRIVER_NAME, sizeof(info->driver));
-	strscpy(info->version, DRIVER_VERSION, sizeof(info->version));
-}
-
 static int sr_ioctl(struct net_device *net, struct ifreq *rq, int cmd)
 {
 	struct usbnet *dev = netdev_priv(net);
@@ -511,7 +502,7 @@ static int sr_set_mac_address(struct net_device *net, void *p)
 }
 
 static const struct ethtool_ops sr9800_ethtool_ops = {
-	.get_drvinfo	= sr_get_drvinfo,
+	.get_drvinfo	= usbnet_get_drvinfo,
 	.get_link	= usbnet_get_link,
 	.get_msglevel	= usbnet_get_msglevel,
 	.set_msglevel	= usbnet_set_msglevel,
@@ -865,6 +856,5 @@ static struct usb_driver sr_driver = {
 module_usb_driver(sr_driver);
 
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Liu Junliang <liujunliang_ljl@163.com");
-MODULE_VERSION(DRIVER_VERSION);
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("SR9800 USB 2.0 USB2NET Dev : http://www.corechip-sz.com");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
diff --git a/drivers/net/usb/sr9800.h b/drivers/net/usb/sr9800.h
index 952e6f7c0321..98ac1c45740e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/usb/sr9800.h
+++ b/drivers/net/usb/sr9800.h
@@ -147,8 +147,7 @@
 #define SR_EEPROM_MAGIC			0xdeadbeef
 #define SR9800_EEPROM_LEN		0xff
 
-/* SR9800 Driver Version and Driver Name */
-#define DRIVER_VERSION			"11-Nov-2013"
+/* SR9800 Driver Name and Flags */
 #define DRIVER_NAME			"CoreChips"
 #define	DRIVER_FLAG		\
 	(FLAG_ETHER | FLAG_FRAMING_AX | FLAG_LINK_INTR |  FLAG_MULTI_PACKET)
-- 
2.43.0


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* Re: [PATCH net-next v4] net: usb: remove unnecessary get_drvinfo code and driver versions
  2026-01-29  4:23 [PATCH net-next v4] net: usb: remove unnecessary get_drvinfo code and driver versions Ethan Nelson-Moore
@ 2026-01-31  1:50 ` patchwork-bot+netdevbpf
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From: patchwork-bot+netdevbpf @ 2026-01-31  1:50 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Ethan Nelson-Moore
  Cc: netdev, linux-usb, andrew, andriy.shevchenko, peter,
	andrew+netdev, davem, edumazet, kuba, pabeni, petkan,
	steve.glendinning, UNGLinuxDriver, n.zhandarovich, oneukum,
	khalasa, kartikey406, o.rempel, max.schulze, tglx, mingo, kees,
	gustavoars, ebiggers

Hello:

This patch was applied to netdev/net-next.git (main)
by Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>:

On Wed, 28 Jan 2026 20:23:01 -0800 you wrote:
> Many USB network drivers define get_drvinfo functions which add no
> value over usbnet_get_drvinfo, only setting the driver name and
> version. usbnet_get_drvinfo automatically sets the driver name, and
> separate driver versions are now frowned upon in the kernel. Remove all
> driver versions and replace these get_drvinfo functions with references
> to usbnet_get_drvinfo where possible. Where that is not possible,
> remove unnecessary code to set the driver name. Also remove two
> unnecessary initializations from aqc111_get_drvinfo, an inaccurate
> comment in pegasus.c, and an unused macro in catc.c.
> 
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
  - [net-next,v4] net: usb: remove unnecessary get_drvinfo code and driver versions
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/44ecaff55282

You are awesome, thank you!
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2026-01-29  4:23 [PATCH net-next v4] net: usb: remove unnecessary get_drvinfo code and driver versions Ethan Nelson-Moore
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