From 7131193157414ac3167d7b2f2feb4c42b415d6c5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Rasmus Villemoes <linux@rasmusvillemoes.dk>
Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2018 18:52:21 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] net: alx: make alx_drv_name static

alx_drv_name is not used outside main.c, so there's no reason for it to
have external linkage.

Signed-off-by: Rasmus Villemoes <linux@rasmusvillemoes.dk>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/alx/alx.h  | 1 -
 drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/alx/main.c | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/alx/alx.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/alx/alx.h
index 78c5de467426..9d0e74f6b089 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/alx/alx.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/alx/alx.h
@@ -140,6 +140,5 @@ struct alx_priv {
 };
 
 extern const struct ethtool_ops alx_ethtool_ops;
-extern const char alx_drv_name[];
 
 #endif
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/alx/main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/alx/main.c
index 7968c644ad86..c131cfc1b79d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/alx/main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/alx/main.c
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
 #include "hw.h"
 #include "reg.h"
 
-const char alx_drv_name[] = "alx";
+static const char alx_drv_name[] = "alx";
 
 static void alx_free_txbuf(struct alx_tx_queue *txq, int entry)
 {
-- 
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