Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754060AbdCHXus (ORCPT ); Wed, 8 Mar 2017 18:50:48 -0500 Received: from mail-pg0-f49.google.com ([74.125.83.49]:33457 "EHLO mail-pg0-f49.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752052AbdCHXuq (ORCPT ); Wed, 8 Mar 2017 18:50:46 -0500 Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2017 15:20:48 -0800 From: Stephen Hemminger To: Corentin Labbe Cc: davem@davemloft.net, netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] tun: remove copyright printing Message-ID: <20170308152048.1bf4f6de@xeon-e3> In-Reply-To: <20170308154657.8988-1-clabbe.montjoie@gmail.com> References: <20170308154657.8988-1-clabbe.montjoie@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 872 Lines: 28 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 Furthermore, the email address printed is obsolete since 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.