Re: [PATCH v5] staging: rtl8723bs: Remove manual ifname allocation
From: Greg KH
Date: Thu Oct 01 2026 - 09:53:12 EST
On Thu, Oct 01, 2026 at 04:01:27PM +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 v5:
> - Rebased onto latest staging-testing to resolve merge conflicts caused by recent tree updates.
Still does not apply, are you sure you are using the correct branch?
thanks,
greg k-h