[PATCH] staging: rtl8723bs: Remove unused ifname module parameter
From: Svyatoslav Nikolenko
Date: Tue Sep 01 2026 - 11:42:01 EST
Remove the ifname module parameter and the corresponding ifname field in
struct registry_priv. Hardcode the default "wlan%d" interface name format
string directly in rtw_drv_register_netdev().
Suggested-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Svyatoslav Nikolenko <nsvatoslav515@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/include/drv_types.h | 2 --
drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/os_dep/os_intfs.c | 9 +--------
2 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 10 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/include/drv_types.h b/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/include/drv_types.h
index 552d0c5fa47f..5837c51ac2f5 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/include/drv_types.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/include/drv_types.h
@@ -151,8 +151,6 @@ struct registry_priv {
u8 enable80211d;
- u8 ifname[16];
-
u8 notch_filter;
/* define for tx power adjust */
diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/os_dep/os_intfs.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/os_dep/os_intfs.c
index dd0c5fc813c8..ade4576ea033 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/os_dep/os_intfs.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/os_dep/os_intfs.c
@@ -109,10 +109,6 @@ static int rtw_80211d;
static int rtw_qos_opt_enable;/* 0: disable, 1:enable */
module_param(rtw_qos_opt_enable, int, 0644);
-static char *ifname = "wlan%d";
-module_param(ifname, charp, 0644);
-MODULE_PARM_DESC(ifname, "The default name to allocate for first interface");
-
char *rtw_initmac; /* temp mac address if users want to use instead of the mac address in Efuse */
module_param(rtw_initmac, charp, 0644);
@@ -256,8 +252,6 @@ static void loadparam(struct adapter *padapter, struct net_device *pnetdev)
registry_par->enable80211d = (u8)rtw_80211d;
- strscpy(registry_par->ifname, ifname, sizeof(registry_par->ifname));
-
registry_par->notch_filter = (u8)rtw_notch_filter;
registry_par->reg_enable_tx_power_limit = (u8)rtw_tx_pwr_lmt_enable;
@@ -784,9 +778,8 @@ int rtw_drv_register_netdev(struct adapter *if1)
{
struct dvobj_priv *dvobj = if1->dvobj;
struct adapter *padapter = dvobj->padapters;
- char *name = if1->registrypriv.ifname;
- return _rtw_drv_register_netdev(padapter, name);
+ return _rtw_drv_register_netdev(padapter, "wlan%d");
}
static int _netdev_open(struct net_device *pnetdev)
--
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