ssh parameter to quell banner in e.g. CVS extssh

[Johan Glimming]

Hi SSH developer community

I am using CVS over SSH (and SSH in other cases too) and in a certain 
context it is very annoying to get the SSH banner displayed all the 
time when using e.g. CVS.

Is there a way to set negative verbosity or to otherwise quell the 
banner information in SSH (or, worse, in CVS). I have tried ssh -q but 
that does _not_ quell the banner.

Best Johan

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