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DateMon, 6 Oct 2008 11:54:44 +0300
FromAdrian Bunk <>
SubjectRe: [PATCH 18/19] modinfo: Remove duplicate modinfo from some drivers
On Sun, Oct 05, 2008 at 05:39:08PM +0100, Alan Cox wrote:
> 
> ---
> 
>  drivers/input/tablet/wacom_sys.c            |    4 ++++
>  drivers/media/video/cx23885/cx23885-video.c |    4 ----
>  2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/input/tablet/wacom_sys.c b/drivers/input/tablet/wacom_sys.c
> index 5fbc463..b7c372f 100644
> --- a/drivers/input/tablet/wacom_sys.c
> +++ b/drivers/input/tablet/wacom_sys.c
> @@ -394,5 +394,9 @@ static void __exit wacom_exit(void)
>  	usb_deregister(&wacom_driver);
>  }
> 
> +MODULE_AUTHOR(DRIVER_AUTHOR);
> +MODULE_DESCRIPTION(DRIVER_DESC);
> +MODULE_LICENSE(DRIVER_LICENSE);

This adds one more duplication.

The current duplication comes from the fact the MODULE_* are in
wacom.h (sic) which gets #include'd from two C files.

Your patch is most likely correct if you also remove the MODULE_*
from wacom.h.

>  module_init(wacom_init);
>  module_exit(wacom_exit);
> diff --git a/drivers/media/video/cx23885/cx23885-video.c b/drivers/media/video/cx23885/cx23885-video.c
> index 6047c78..022adc3 100644
> --- a/drivers/media/video/cx23885/cx23885-video.c
> +++ b/drivers/media/video/cx23885/cx23885-video.c
> @@ -40,10 +40,6 @@
>  #include <linux/videodev.h>
>  #endif
> 
> -MODULE_DESCRIPTION("v4l2 driver module for cx23885 based TV cards");
> -MODULE_AUTHOR("Steven Toth <stoth@linuxtv.org>");
> -MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
> -
>  /* ------------------------------------------------------------------ */
> 
>  static unsigned int video_nr[] = {[0 ... (CX23885_MAXBOARDS - 1)] = UNSET };

cu
Adrian

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