From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Don't populate the array if_names on the stack but instead it static const. Makes the object code smaller by 99 bytes. Before: text data bss dec hex filename 27886 10752 672 39310 998e ./drivers/net/ethernet/3com/3c509.o After: text data bss dec hex filename 27723 10816 672 39211 992b ./drivers/net/ethernet/3com/3c509.o (gcc version 10.2.0) Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/net/ethernet/3com/3c509.c | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/3com/3c509.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/3com/3c509.c index 96cc5fc36eb5..00c4b038be49 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/3com/3c509.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/3com/3c509.c @@ -514,7 +514,9 @@ static int el3_common_init(struct net_device *dev) { struct el3_private *lp = netdev_priv(dev); int err; - const char *if_names[] = {"10baseT", "AUI", "undefined", "BNC"}; + static const char * const if_names[] = { + "10baseT", "AUI", "undefined", "BNC" + }; spin_lock_init(&lp->lock); -- 2.31.1