Initialize the driver name directly in netvsc_drv.c and do the necessary adjustments. Signed-off-by: K. Y. Srinivasan <kys@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/staging/hv/netvsc.c | 5 ----- drivers/staging/hv/netvsc_drv.c | 4 +++- 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/staging/hv/netvsc.c b/drivers/staging/hv/netvsc.c index 6f4541b..d085018 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/hv/netvsc.c +++ b/drivers/staging/hv/netvsc.c @@ -32,9 +32,6 @@ #include "hyperv_net.h" -/* Globals */ -static const char *driver_name = "netvsc"; - static struct netvsc_device *alloc_net_device(struct hv_device *device) { struct netvsc_device *net_device; @@ -999,7 +996,5 @@ cleanup: int netvsc_initialize(struct hv_driver *drv) { - drv->name = driver_name; - return 0; } diff --git a/drivers/staging/hv/netvsc_drv.c b/drivers/staging/hv/netvsc_drv.c index d6c6180..61de6f2 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/hv/netvsc_drv.c +++ b/drivers/staging/hv/netvsc_drv.c @@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ #include "hyperv.h" #include "hyperv_net.h" +static const char *driver_name = "netvsc"; + struct net_device_context { /* point back to our device context */ struct hv_device *device_ctx; @@ -449,7 +451,7 @@ static int __init netvsc_drv_init(void) /* Callback to client driver to complete the initialization */ netvsc_initialize(drv); - drv->driver.name = drv->name; + drv->driver.name = driver_name; /* The driver belongs to vmbus */ ret = vmbus_child_driver_register(&drv->driver); -- 1.7.4.1 _______________________________________________ devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel