Should "N/A" dust bunnies be swept from fw_version?

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In the discussion on "enable virtio_net to return bus_info in ethtool -i consistent with emulated NICs" Ben Hutchings had the following feedback on what might go into bus_info:

Please use the existing 'not implemented' value, which is the empty
string.   If you think ethtool should print some helpful message instead
of an empty string, please submit a patch for ethtool.

When I was sweeping in the .get_drvinfo routines, I noticed many drivers would return "N/A" for fw_version - presumably they were drivers for cards without firmware. Should those be removed to have the fw_version be the empty string, or should those sleeping dust bunnies be allowed to lie?

rick jones
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