On Wed, 2 Dec 2020 13:49:53 +0100 Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult wrote: > 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@xxxxxxxxx> Thanks for the patches. Please drop the "metux IT consult" from the addresses. The from space is supposed to be for your name. > 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; This patches does not build. Please redo it more carefully. You'll need to fix and resend the entire series. When you do so please provide a cover letter, even if it only contains a couple of sentences and separate the patches for bluetooth and batman-adv out as stand alone patches, so the respective maintainers can pick them up.