Re: [PATCH v4] staging: rtl8723bs: Remove manual ifname allocation

From: Greg KH

Date: Thu Oct 01 2026 - 01:39:16 EST


On Tue, Sep 08, 2026 at 02:56:54PM +0300, Svyatoslav Nikolenko wrote:
> The manual ifname allocation via dev_alloc_name() is redundant because
> the networking core handles interface naming automatically during
> register_netdev().
>
> Remove the ifname module parameter, the corresponding field from
> struct registry_priv, and the rtw_init_netdev_name() callpath.
>
> Suggested-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Svyatoslav Nikolenko <nsvatoslav515@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Changes in v4:
> - Rebased onto latest staging-testing branch.

Still does not apply, can you rebase again?

thanks,

greg k-h