@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@
 #include "b44.h"
 
 #define DRV_MODULE_NAME		"b44"
-#define DRV_MODULE_VERSION	"2.0"
 #define DRV_DESCRIPTION		"Broadcom 44xx/47xx 10/100 PCI ethernet driver"
 
 #define B44_DEF_MSG_ENABLE	  \

@@ -97,7 +96,6 @@
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Felix Fietkau, Florian Schirmer, Pekka Pietikainen, David S. Miller");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION(DRV_DESCRIPTION);
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
-MODULE_VERSION(DRV_MODULE_VERSION);
 
 static int b44_debug = -1;	/* -1 == use B44_DEF_MSG_ENABLE as value */
 module_param(b44_debug, int, 0);

@@ -1791,7 +1789,6 @@ static void b44_get_drvinfo (struct net_device *dev, struct ethtool_drvinfo *inf
 	struct ssb_bus *bus = bp->sdev->bus;
 
 	strlcpy(info->driver, DRV_MODULE_NAME, sizeof(info->driver));
-	strlcpy(info->version, DRV_MODULE_VERSION, sizeof(info->version));
 	switch (bus->bustype) {
 	case SSB_BUSTYPE_PCI:
 		strlcpy(info->bus_info, pci_name(bus->host_pci), sizeof(info->bus_info));

@@ -2347,8 +2344,6 @@ static int b44_init_one(struct ssb_device *sdev,
 
 	instance++;
 
-	pr_info_once("%s version %s\n", DRV_DESCRIPTION, DRV_MODULE_VERSION);
-
 	dev = alloc_etherdev(sizeof(*bp));
 	if (!dev) {
 		err = -ENOMEM;

@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
 #include "bcm63xx_enet.h"
 
 static char bcm_enet_driver_name[] = "bcm63xx_enet";
-static char bcm_enet_driver_version[] = "1.0";
 
 static int copybreak __read_mostly = 128;
 module_param(copybreak, int, 0);

@@ -1304,8 +1303,6 @@ static void bcm_enet_get_drvinfo(struct net_device *netdev,
 				 struct ethtool_drvinfo *drvinfo)
 {
 	strlcpy(drvinfo->driver, bcm_enet_driver_name, sizeof(drvinfo->driver));
-	strlcpy(drvinfo->version, bcm_enet_driver_version,
-		sizeof(drvinfo->version));
 	strlcpy(drvinfo->fw_version, "N/A", sizeof(drvinfo->fw_version));
 	strlcpy(drvinfo->bus_info, "bcm63xx", sizeof(drvinfo->bus_info));
 }

@@ -2529,10 +2526,9 @@ static int bcm_enetsw_get_sset_count(struct net_device *netdev,
 static void bcm_enetsw_get_drvinfo(struct net_device *netdev,
 				   struct ethtool_drvinfo *drvinfo)
 {
-	strncpy(drvinfo->driver, bcm_enet_driver_name, 32);
-	strncpy(drvinfo->version, bcm_enet_driver_version, 32);
+	strncpy(drvinfo->driver, bcm_enet_driver_name, sizeof(drvinfo->driver));
 	strncpy(drvinfo->fw_version, "N/A", 32);
-	strncpy(drvinfo->bus_info, "bcm63xx", 32);
+	strncpy(drvinfo->bus_info, "bcm63xx", sizeof(drvinfo->bus_info));
 }
 
 static void bcm_enetsw_get_ethtool_stats(struct net_device *netdev,

@@ -287,7 +287,6 @@ static void bcm_sysport_get_drvinfo(struct net_device *dev,
 				    struct ethtool_drvinfo *info)
 {
 	strlcpy(info->driver, KBUILD_MODNAME, sizeof(info->driver));
-	strlcpy(info->version, "0.1", sizeof(info->version));
 	strlcpy(info->bus_info, "platform", sizeof(info->bus_info));
 }
 

@@ -59,8 +59,6 @@
 #include "bnx2_fw.h"
 
 #define DRV_MODULE_NAME		"bnx2"
-#define DRV_MODULE_VERSION	"2.2.6"
-#define DRV_MODULE_RELDATE	"January 29, 2014"
 #define FW_MIPS_FILE_06		"bnx2/bnx2-mips-06-6.2.3.fw"
 #define FW_RV2P_FILE_06		"bnx2/bnx2-rv2p-06-6.0.15.fw"
 #define FW_MIPS_FILE_09		"bnx2/bnx2-mips-09-6.2.1b.fw"

@@ -72,13 +70,9 @@
 /* Time in jiffies before concluding the transmitter is hung. */
 #define TX_TIMEOUT  (5*HZ)
 
-static char version[] =
-	"QLogic " DRV_MODULE_NAME " Gigabit Ethernet Driver v" DRV_MODULE_VERSION " (" DRV_MODULE_RELDATE ")\n";
-
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Michael Chan <mchan@broadcom.com>");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("QLogic BCM5706/5708/5709/5716 Driver");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
-MODULE_VERSION(DRV_MODULE_VERSION);
 MODULE_FIRMWARE(FW_MIPS_FILE_06);
 MODULE_FIRMWARE(FW_RV2P_FILE_06);
 MODULE_FIRMWARE(FW_MIPS_FILE_09);

@@ -7048,7 +7042,6 @@ bnx2_get_drvinfo(struct net_device *dev, struct ethtool_drvinfo *info)
 	struct bnx2 *bp = netdev_priv(dev);
 
 	strlcpy(info->driver, DRV_MODULE_NAME, sizeof(info->driver));
-	strlcpy(info->version, DRV_MODULE_VERSION, sizeof(info->version));
 	strlcpy(info->bus_info, pci_name(bp->pdev), sizeof(info->bus_info));
 	strlcpy(info->fw_version, bp->fw_version, sizeof(info->fw_version));
 }

@@ -8562,15 +8555,11 @@ static const struct net_device_ops bnx2_netdev_ops = {
 static int
 bnx2_init_one(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *ent)
 {
-	static int version_printed = 0;
 	struct net_device *dev;
 	struct bnx2 *bp;
 	int rc;
 	char str[40];
 
-	if (version_printed++ == 0)
-		pr_info("%s", version);
-
 	/* dev zeroed in init_etherdev */
 	dev = alloc_etherdev_mq(sizeof(*bp), TX_MAX_RINGS);
 	if (!dev)

@@ -32,8 +32,14 @@
  * (you will need to reboot afterwards) */
 /* #define BNX2X_STOP_ON_ERROR */
 
+/* FIXME: Delete the DRV_MODULE_VERSION below, but please be warned
+ * that it is not an easy task because such change has all chances
+ * to break this driver due to amount of abuse of in-kernel interfaces
+ * between modules and FW.
+ *
+ * DO NOT UPDATE DRV_MODULE_VERSION below.
+ */
 #define DRV_MODULE_VERSION      "1.713.36-0"
-#define DRV_MODULE_RELDATE      "2014/02/10"
 #define BNX2X_BC_VER            0x040200
 
 #if defined(CONFIG_DCB)

@@ -1112,13 +1112,6 @@ static void bnx2x_get_drvinfo(struct net_device *dev,
 	u32 mbi;
 
 	strlcpy(info->driver, DRV_MODULE_NAME, sizeof(info->driver));
-	strlcpy(info->version, DRV_MODULE_VERSION, sizeof(info->version));
-
-	memset(version, 0, sizeof(version));
-	snprintf(version, ETHTOOL_FWVERS_LEN, " storm %d.%d.%d.%d",
-		 BCM_5710_FW_MAJOR_VERSION, BCM_5710_FW_MINOR_VERSION,
-		 BCM_5710_FW_REVISION_VERSION, BCM_5710_FW_ENGINEERING_VERSION);
-	strlcat(info->version, version, sizeof(info->version));
 
 	if (SHMEM2_HAS(bp, extended_dev_info_shared_addr)) {
 		ext_dev_info_offset = SHMEM2_RD(bp,

@@ -81,17 +81,12 @@
 /* Time in jiffies before concluding the transmitter is hung */
 #define TX_TIMEOUT		(5*HZ)
 
-static char version[] =
-	"QLogic 5771x/578xx 10/20-Gigabit Ethernet Driver "
-	DRV_MODULE_NAME " " DRV_MODULE_VERSION " (" DRV_MODULE_RELDATE ")\n";
-
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Eliezer Tamir");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("QLogic "
 		   "BCM57710/57711/57711E/"
 		   "57712/57712_MF/57800/57800_MF/57810/57810_MF/"
 		   "57840/57840_MF Driver");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
-MODULE_VERSION(DRV_MODULE_VERSION);
 MODULE_FIRMWARE(FW_FILE_NAME_E1);
 MODULE_FIRMWARE(FW_FILE_NAME_E1H);
 MODULE_FIRMWARE(FW_FILE_NAME_E2);

@@ -14480,8 +14475,6 @@ static int __init bnx2x_init(void)
 {
 	int ret;
 
-	pr_info("%s", version);
-
 	bnx2x_wq = create_singlethread_workqueue("bnx2x");
 	if (bnx2x_wq == NULL) {
 		pr_err("Cannot create workqueue\n");

@@ -70,12 +70,8 @@
 
 #define BNXT_TX_TIMEOUT		(5 * HZ)
 
-static const char version[] =
-	"Broadcom NetXtreme-C/E driver " DRV_MODULE_NAME " v" DRV_MODULE_VERSION "\n";
-
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Broadcom BCM573xx network driver");
-MODULE_VERSION(DRV_MODULE_VERSION);
 
 #define BNXT_RX_OFFSET (NET_SKB_PAD + NET_IP_ALIGN)
 #define BNXT_RX_DMA_OFFSET NET_SKB_PAD

@@ -11775,7 +11771,6 @@ static int bnxt_pcie_dsn_get(struct bnxt *bp, u8 dsn[])
 
 static int bnxt_init_one(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *ent)
 {
-	static int version_printed;
 	struct net_device *dev;
 	struct bnxt *bp;
 	int rc, max_irqs;

@@ -11783,9 +11778,6 @@ static int bnxt_init_one(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *ent)
 	if (pci_is_bridge(pdev))
 		return -ENODEV;
 
-	if (version_printed++ == 0)
-		pr_info("%s", version);
-
 	/* Clear any pending DMA transactions from crash kernel
 	 * while loading driver in capture kernel.
 	 */

@@ -12,8 +12,10 @@
 #define BNXT_H
 
 #define DRV_MODULE_NAME		"bnxt_en"
-#define DRV_MODULE_VERSION	"1.10.1"
 
+/* DO NOT CHANGE DRV_VER_* defines
+ * FIXME: Delete them
+ */
 #define DRV_VER_MAJ	1
 #define DRV_VER_MIN	10
 #define DRV_VER_UPD	1

@@ -1236,7 +1236,6 @@ static void bnxt_get_drvinfo(struct net_device *dev,
 	struct bnxt *bp = netdev_priv(dev);
 
 	strlcpy(info->driver, DRV_MODULE_NAME, sizeof(info->driver));
-	strlcpy(info->version, DRV_MODULE_VERSION, sizeof(info->version));
 	strlcpy(info->fw_version, bp->fw_ver_str, sizeof(info->fw_version));
 	strlcpy(info->bus_info, pci_name(bp->pdev), sizeof(info->bus_info));
 	info->n_stats = bnxt_get_num_stats(bp);

@@ -219,7 +219,6 @@ static void bnxt_vf_rep_get_drvinfo(struct net_device *dev,
 				    struct ethtool_drvinfo *info)
 {
 	strlcpy(info->driver, DRV_MODULE_NAME, sizeof(info->driver));
-	strlcpy(info->version, DRV_MODULE_VERSION, sizeof(info->version));
 }
 
 static int bnxt_vf_rep_get_port_parent_id(struct net_device *dev,

@@ -879,7 +879,6 @@ static void bcmgenet_get_drvinfo(struct net_device *dev,
 				 struct ethtool_drvinfo *info)
 {
 	strlcpy(info->driver, "bcmgenet", sizeof(info->driver));
-	strlcpy(info->version, "v2.0", sizeof(info->version));
 }
 
 static int bcmgenet_get_sset_count(struct net_device *dev, int string_set)

@@ -96,11 +96,9 @@ static inline void _tg3_flag_clear(enum TG3_FLAGS flag, unsigned long *bits)
 	_tg3_flag_clear(TG3_FLAG_##flag, (tp)->tg3_flags)
 
 #define DRV_MODULE_NAME		"tg3"
+/* DO NOT UPDATE TG3_*_NUM defines */
 #define TG3_MAJ_NUM			3
 #define TG3_MIN_NUM			137
-#define DRV_MODULE_VERSION	\
-	__stringify(TG3_MAJ_NUM) "." __stringify(TG3_MIN_NUM)
-#define DRV_MODULE_RELDATE	"May 11, 2014"
 
 #define RESET_KIND_SHUTDOWN	0
 #define RESET_KIND_INIT		1

@@ -222,13 +220,9 @@ static inline void _tg3_flag_clear(enum TG3_FLAGS flag, unsigned long *bits)
 #define FIRMWARE_TG3TSO		"tigon/tg3_tso.bin"
 #define FIRMWARE_TG3TSO5	"tigon/tg3_tso5.bin"
 
-static char version[] =
-	DRV_MODULE_NAME ".c:v" DRV_MODULE_VERSION " (" DRV_MODULE_RELDATE ")";
-
 MODULE_AUTHOR("David S. Miller (davem@redhat.com) and Jeff Garzik (jgarzik@pobox.com)");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Broadcom Tigon3 ethernet driver");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
-MODULE_VERSION(DRV_MODULE_VERSION);
 MODULE_FIRMWARE(FIRMWARE_TG3);
 MODULE_FIRMWARE(FIRMWARE_TG3TSO);
 MODULE_FIRMWARE(FIRMWARE_TG3TSO5);

@@ -12317,7 +12311,6 @@ static void tg3_get_drvinfo(struct net_device *dev, struct ethtool_drvinfo *info
 	struct tg3 *tp = netdev_priv(dev);
 
 	strlcpy(info->driver, DRV_MODULE_NAME, sizeof(info->driver));
-	strlcpy(info->version, DRV_MODULE_VERSION, sizeof(info->version));
 	strlcpy(info->fw_version, tp->fw_ver, sizeof(info->fw_version));
 	strlcpy(info->bus_info, pci_name(tp->pdev), sizeof(info->bus_info));
 }

@@ -17625,8 +17618,6 @@ static int tg3_init_one(struct pci_dev *pdev,
 	u64 dma_mask, persist_dma_mask;
 	netdev_features_t features = 0;
 
-	printk_once(KERN_INFO "%s\n", version);
-
 	err = pci_enable_device(pdev);
 	if (err) {
 		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "Cannot enable PCI device, aborting\n");