netdev - [net-next 07/14] i40evf: don't guess device name

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Message-Id: <1392418688-23895-8-git-send-email-aaron.f.brown@intel.com>
Date:	Fri, 14 Feb 2014 14:58:01 -0800
From:	Aaron Brown <aaron.f.brown@...el.com>
To:	davem@...emloft.net
Cc:	Mitch Williams <mitch.a.williams@...el.com>,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, gospo@...hat.com, sassmann@...hat.com,
	Jesse Brandeburg <jesse.brandeburg@...el.com>,
	Aaron Brown <aaron.f.brown@...el.com>
Subject: [net-next 07/14] i40evf: don't guess device name

From: Mitch Williams <mitch.a.williams@...el.com>

We don't need to set an interface name here; the net core will do
that, and then it will get renamed by udev anyway.

Change-ID: I839a17837d19bedd1f490bff32ac5b85b4bfd97f
Signed-off-by: Mitch Williams <mitch.a.williams@...el.com>
Signed-off-by: Jesse Brandeburg <jesse.brandeburg@...el.com>
Tested-by: Sibai Li <sibai.li@...el.com>
Signed-off-by: Aaron Brown <aaron.f.brown@...el.com>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40evf_main.c | 2 --
 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40evf_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40evf_main.c
index a64570e..4a75e84 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40evf_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40evf_main.c
@@ -2086,8 +2086,6 @@ static void i40evf_init_task(struct work_struct *work)
 
 	netif_carrier_off(netdev);
 
-	strcpy(netdev->name, "eth%d");
-
 	adapter->vsi.id = adapter->vsi_res->vsi_id;
 	adapter->vsi.seid = adapter->vsi_res->vsi_id; /* dummy */
 	adapter->vsi.back = adapter;
-- 
1.8.5.GIT

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