# \[PATCH 1/7\] net: 8021q: remove unneeded MODULE\_VERSION() usage

- From: Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult \<info@metux.net\>
- Date: 2020-12-02 12:53:15 
- List: linux-hyperv
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-hyperv/2020/12/6196849
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/netdev/2020/12/6196849/t.md

```text
Remove MODULE_VERSION(), as it isn't needed at all: the only version
making sense is the kernel version.

Signed-off-by: Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult <info@metux.net>
---
 net/8021q/vlan.c | 8 +-------
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/8021q/vlan.c b/net/8021q/vlan.c
index f292e0267bb9..683e9e825b9e 100644
--- a/net/8021q/vlan.c
+++ b/net/8021q/vlan.c
@@ -36,15 +36,10 @@
 #include "vlan.h"
 #include "vlanproc.h"
 
-#define DRV_VERSION "1.8"
-
 /* Global VLAN variables */
 
 unsigned int vlan_net_id __read_mostly;
 
-const char vlan_fullname[] = "802.1Q VLAN Support";
-const char vlan_version[] = DRV_VERSION;
-
 /* End of global variables definitions. */
 
 static int vlan_group_prealloc_vid(struct vlan_group *vg,
@@ -687,7 +682,7 @@ static int __init vlan_proto_init(void)
 {
 	int err;
 
-	pr_info("%s v%s\n", vlan_fullname, vlan_version);
+	pr_info("802.1Q VLAN Support\n");
 
 	err = register_pernet_subsys(&vlan_net_ops);
 	if (err < 0)
@@ -743,4 +738,3 @@ module_init(vlan_proto_init);
 module_exit(vlan_cleanup_module);
 
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
-MODULE_VERSION(DRV_VERSION);
-- 
2.11.0

```