From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Stephen Hemminger Subject: Re: [PATCH] tun: remove copyright printing Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2017 15:20:48 -0800 Message-ID: <20170308152048.1bf4f6de@xeon-e3> References: <20170308154657.8988-1-clabbe.montjoie@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: davem@davemloft.net, netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org To: Corentin Labbe Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20170308154657.8988-1-clabbe.montjoie@gmail.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org On Wed, 8 Mar 2017 16:46:57 +0100 Corentin Labbe wrote: > Printing copyright does not give any useful information on the boot > process. > Furthermore, the email address printed is obsolete since > commit ba57b6f20429 ("MAINTAINERS: fix bouncing tun/tap entries") > > Signed-off-by: Corentin Labbe > --- > drivers/net/tun.c | 1 - > 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-) > > diff --git a/drivers/net/tun.c b/drivers/net/tun.c > index dc1b1dd..f58b7d8 100644 > --- a/drivers/net/tun.c > +++ b/drivers/net/tun.c > @@ -2570,7 +2570,6 @@ static int __init tun_init(void) > int ret = 0; > > pr_info("%s, %s\n", DRV_DESCRIPTION, DRV_VERSION); > - pr_info("%s\n", DRV_COPYRIGHT); > > ret = rtnl_link_register(&tun_link_ops); > if (ret) { Why not just kill the pr_info() all together. It is just a vanity message.