There is no need for this strcpy because alloc_etherdev() already does this job. Signed-off-by: Stefan Wahren <stefan.wahren@xxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Raghuram Chary Jallipalli <raghuramchary.jallipalli@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/net/usb/lan78xx.c | 1 - 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/usb/lan78xx.c b/drivers/net/usb/lan78xx.c index 3f70b94..3d505c2 100644 --- a/drivers/net/usb/lan78xx.c +++ b/drivers/net/usb/lan78xx.c @@ -3766,7 +3766,6 @@ static int lan78xx_probe(struct usb_interface *intf, ret = lan78xx_bind(dev, intf); if (ret < 0) goto out2; - strcpy(netdev->name, "eth%d"); if (netdev->mtu > (dev->hard_mtu - netdev->hard_header_len)) netdev->mtu = dev->hard_mtu - netdev->hard_header_len; -- 2.7.4