linux-kernel - [PATCH v2 71/75] staging: ks7010: Remove dummy address set.

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Date:   Fri, 30 Mar 2018 23:08:51 -0700
From:   Quytelda Kahja <quytelda@...alin.org>
To:     gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, wsa@...-dreams.de
Cc:     driverdev-devel@...uxdriverproject.org, devel@...verdev.osuosl.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Quytelda Kahja <quytelda@...alin.org>
Subject: [PATCH v2 71/75] staging: ks7010: Remove dummy address set.

Setting a dummy address during the driver probe is not necessary.
The dev_addr field is already zeroed out from alloc_etherdev().

Signed-off-by: Quytelda Kahja <quytelda@...alin.org>
---
 drivers/staging/ks7010/ks_wlan_net.c | 6 ------
 1 file changed, 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/ks7010/ks_wlan_net.c b/drivers/staging/ks7010/ks_wlan_net.c
index 5c5569000fce..afbc472baa05 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/ks7010/ks_wlan_net.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/ks7010/ks_wlan_net.c
@@ -2852,9 +2852,6 @@ int ks_wlan_close(struct net_device *dev)
 /* Operational parameters that usually are not changed. */
 /* Time in jiffies before concluding the transmitter is hung. */
 #define TX_TIMEOUT  (3 * HZ)
-static const unsigned char dummy_addr[] = {
-	0x00, 0x0b, 0xe3, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00
-};
 
 static const struct net_device_ops ks_wlan_netdev_ops = {
 	.ndo_start_xmit = ks_wlan_start_xmit,
@@ -2882,9 +2879,6 @@ int ks_wlan_net_start(struct net_device *dev)
 	atomic_set(&update_phyinfo, 0);
 	timer_setup(&update_phyinfo_timer, ks_wlan_update_phyinfo_timeout, 0);
 
-	/* dummy address set */
-	ether_addr_copy(dev->dev_addr, dummy_addr);
-
 	/* The ks_wlan-specific entries in the device structure. */
 	dev->netdev_ops = &ks_wlan_netdev_ops;
 	dev->wireless_handlers = &ks_wlan_handler_def;
-- 
2.16.3