linux-kernel - [PATCHv4 wireless-next 2/7] wifi: rt2x00: remove mod_name from platform

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Message-ID: <20250712210448.429318-3-rosenp@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 12 Jul 2025 14:04:43 -0700
From: Rosen Penev <rosenp@...il.com>
To: linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org
Cc: Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>,
	Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>,
	Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk+dt@...nel.org>,
	Conor Dooley <conor+dt@...nel.org>,
	Thomas Bogendoerfer <tsbogend@...ha.franken.de>,
	Matthias Brugger <matthias.bgg@...il.com>,
	AngeloGioacchino Del Regno <angelogioacchino.delregno@...labora.com>,
	Stanislaw Gruszka <stf_xl@...pl>,
	devicetree@...r.kernel.org (open list:OPEN FIRMWARE AND FLATTENED DEVICE TREE BINDINGS),
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org (open list),
	linux-mips@...r.kernel.org (open list:MIPS),
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org (moderated list:ARM/Mediatek SoC support),
	linux-mediatek@...ts.infradead.org (moderated list:ARM/Mediatek SoC support)
Subject: [PATCHv4 wireless-next 2/7] wifi: rt2x00: remove mod_name from platform_driver

mod_name is a legacy debugging feature with no real modern use. An
analysis of the underlying MIPS setup code reveals it to also be unused.

Signed-off-by: Rosen Penev <rosenp@...il.com>
Reviewed-by: Sergio Paracuellos <sergio.paracuellos@...il.com>
Acked-by: Stanislaw Gruszka <stf_xl@...pl>
---
 drivers/net/wireless/ralink/rt2x00/rt2800soc.c | 1 -
 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ralink/rt2x00/rt2800soc.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ralink/rt2x00/rt2800soc.c
index 701ba54bf3e5..e73394cf6ea6 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ralink/rt2x00/rt2800soc.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ralink/rt2x00/rt2800soc.c
@@ -246,7 +246,6 @@ static int rt2800soc_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 static struct platform_driver rt2800soc_driver = {
 	.driver		= {
 		.name		= "rt2800_wmac",
-		.mod_name	= KBUILD_MODNAME,
 	},
 	.probe		= rt2800soc_probe,
 	.remove		= rt2x00soc_remove,
-- 
2.50.0