Driver name is part of the ABI, so it should be hard-coded, as ABI should be always kept backward compatible. Prevent ABI from changing accidentally in case KBUILD_MODNAME change. Suggested-by: Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Michal Wilczynski <michal.wilczynski@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/acpi/nfit/core.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/acpi/nfit/core.c b/drivers/acpi/nfit/core.c index f09530d2520a..987eb5567036 100644 --- a/drivers/acpi/nfit/core.c +++ b/drivers/acpi/nfit/core.c @@ -3478,7 +3478,7 @@ MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(acpi, acpi_nfit_ids); static struct platform_driver acpi_nfit_driver = { .probe = acpi_nfit_probe, .driver = { - .name = KBUILD_MODNAME, + .name = "nfit", .acpi_match_table = acpi_nfit_ids, }, }; -- 2.41.0