This is not required. Cc: Naveen Singh <nsingh@atheros.com> Signed-off-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <lrodriguez@atheros.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
@@ -1573,10 +1573,6 @@ init_netdev(struct net_device *dev, char *name)
strcpy(dev->name, name);
}
-#ifdef SET_MODULE_OWNER
- SET_MODULE_OWNER(dev);
-#endif
-
#ifdef CONFIG_CHECKSUM_OFFLOAD
if(csumOffload){
dev->features |= NETIF_F_IP_CSUM; /*advertise kernel capability to do TCP/UDP CSUM offload for IPV4*/