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    net/intel: remove driver versions from Intel drivers · 34a2a3b8
    Jeff Kirsher authored
    As with other networking drivers, remove the unnecessary driver version
    from the Intel drivers. The ethtool driver information and module version
    will then report the kernel version instead.
    
    For ixgbe, i40e and ice drivers, the driver passes the driver version to
    the firmware to confirm that we are up and running.  So we now pass the
    value of UTS_RELEASE to the firmware.  This adminq call is required per
    the HAS document.  The Device then sends an indication to the BMC that the
    PF driver is present. This is done using Host NC Driver Status Indication
    in NC-SI Get Link command or via the Host Network Controller Driver Status
    Change AEN.
    
    What the BMC may do with this information is implementation-dependent, but
    this is a standard NC-SI 1.1 command we honor per the HAS.
    
    CC: Bruce Allan <bruce.w.allan@intel.com>
    CC: Jesse Brandeburg <jesse.brandeburg@intel.com>
    CC: Alek Loktionov <aleksandr.loktionov@intel.com>
    CC: Kevin Liedtke <kevin.d.liedtke@intel.com>
    CC: Aaron Rowden <aaron.f.rowden@intel.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarJeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com>
    Co-developed-by: default avatarJacob Keller <jacob.e.keller@intel.com>
    Tested-by: default avatarAaron Brown <aaron.f.brown@intel.com>
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