linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 031/117] Staging: hv: netvsc: Get rid of the driver name initialization in netvsc.c

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Date:	Tue, 23 Aug 2011 15:56:03 -0700
From:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
To:	"K. Y. Srinivasan" <kys@...rosoft.com>
Cc:	gregkh@...e.de, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	devel@...uxdriverproject.org, virtualization@...ts.osdl.org,
	Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@...rosoft.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 031/117] Staging: hv: netvsc: Get rid of the driver name
 initialization in netvsc.c

On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 10:46:19AM -0700, K. Y. Srinivasan wrote:
> Now, get rid of the driver name initialization in  int netvsc_initialize().
> 
> Signed-off-by: K. Y. Srinivasan <kys@...rosoft.com>
> Signed-off-by: Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@...rosoft.com>
> ---
>  drivers/staging/hv/netvsc.c |    5 -----
>  1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 5 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;
> -

Please merge this with the previous patch.

greg k-h
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