From: "Ren, Cloud" <cj...@qca.qualcomm.com> Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2012 03:29:26 +0000
>>> + strncpy(netdev->name, pci_name(pdev), sizeof(netdev->name) - 1); >>> ... >>> + strcpy(netdev->name, "eth%d"); >>> + retval = register_netdev(netdev); >> >>The strcpy is unnecessary, alloc_etherdev already sets that. > > The strcpy is useful. netdev->name is set as pci_name in front. So the strcpy > restores it. Are you doing this just to influence the initial driver log messages? Don't do that, it's gross. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/