Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] net: remove unnecessary module_init/exit functions

From: Toke Høiland-Jørgensen <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 02 Feb 2026 10:17:19 +0100

Ethan Nelson-Moore <[email-masked]> writes:

> Many network drivers have unnecessary empty module_init and module_exit
> functions. Remove them (including some that just print a message). Note
> that if a module_init function exists, a module_exit function must also
> exist; otherwise, the module cannot be unloaded.
>
> Signed-off-by: Ethan Nelson-Moore <[email-masked]>

For ath9k:

Acked-by: Toke Høiland-Jørgensen <[email-masked]>