diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/airo.c b/drivers/net/wireless/airo.c
index d675d984c85d780ae22c1448ae0b3b780a94ff61..d96057f4a0de96c581ef5fa62b2367eff0375d50 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/airo.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/airo.c
@@ -52,6 +52,8 @@
 
 #include "airo.h"
 
+#define DRV_NAME "airo"
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_PCI
 static struct pci_device_id card_ids[] = {
 	{ 0x14b9, 1, PCI_ANY_ID, PCI_ANY_ID, },
@@ -71,7 +73,7 @@ static int airo_pci_suspend(struct pci_dev *pdev, pm_message_t state);
 static int airo_pci_resume(struct pci_dev *pdev);
 
 static struct pci_driver airo_driver = {
-	.name     = "airo",
+	.name     = DRV_NAME,
 	.id_table = card_ids,
 	.probe    = airo_pci_probe,
 	.remove   = __devexit_p(airo_pci_remove),
@@ -1250,7 +1252,7 @@ static int flashputbuf(struct airo_info *ai);
 static int flashrestart(struct airo_info *ai,struct net_device *dev);
 
 #define airo_print(type, name, fmt, args...) \
-	{ printk(type "airo(%s): " fmt "\n", name, ##args); }
+	printk(type DRV_NAME "(%s): " fmt "\n", name, ##args)
 
 #define airo_print_info(name, fmt, args...) \
 	airo_print(KERN_INFO, name, fmt, ##args)
@@ -2582,8 +2584,7 @@ static int mpi_init_descriptors (struct airo_info *ai)
  * 2) Map PCI memory for issueing commands.
  * 3) Allocate memory (shared) to send and receive ethernet frames.
  */
-static int mpi_map_card(struct airo_info *ai, struct pci_dev *pci,
-		    const char *name)
+static int mpi_map_card(struct airo_info *ai, struct pci_dev *pci)
 {
 	unsigned long mem_start, mem_len, aux_start, aux_len;
 	int rc = -1;
@@ -2597,35 +2598,35 @@ static int mpi_map_card(struct airo_info *ai, struct pci_dev *pci,
 	aux_start = pci_resource_start(pci, 2);
 	aux_len = AUXMEMSIZE;
 
-	if (!request_mem_region(mem_start, mem_len, name)) {
-		airo_print_err(ai->dev->name, "Couldn't get region %x[%x] for %s",
-		       (int)mem_start, (int)mem_len, name);
+	if (!request_mem_region(mem_start, mem_len, DRV_NAME)) {
+		airo_print_err("", "Couldn't get region %x[%x]",
+			(int)mem_start, (int)mem_len);
 		goto out;
 	}
-	if (!request_mem_region(aux_start, aux_len, name)) {
-		airo_print_err(ai->dev->name, "Couldn't get region %x[%x] for %s",
-		       (int)aux_start, (int)aux_len, name);
+	if (!request_mem_region(aux_start, aux_len, DRV_NAME)) {
+		airo_print_err("", "Couldn't get region %x[%x]",
+			(int)aux_start, (int)aux_len);
 		goto free_region1;
 	}
 
 	ai->pcimem = ioremap(mem_start, mem_len);
 	if (!ai->pcimem) {
-		airo_print_err(ai->dev->name, "Couldn't map region %x[%x] for %s",
-		       (int)mem_start, (int)mem_len, name);
+		airo_print_err("", "Couldn't map region %x[%x]",
+			(int)mem_start, (int)mem_len);
 		goto free_region2;
 	}
 	ai->pciaux = ioremap(aux_start, aux_len);
 	if (!ai->pciaux) {
-		airo_print_err(ai->dev->name, "Couldn't map region %x[%x] for %s",
-		       (int)aux_start, (int)aux_len, name);
+		airo_print_err("", "Couldn't map region %x[%x]",
+			(int)aux_start, (int)aux_len);
 		goto free_memmap;
 	}
 
 	/* Reserve PKTSIZE for each fid and 2K for the Rids */
 	ai->shared = pci_alloc_consistent(pci, PCI_SHARED_LEN, &ai->shared_dma);
 	if (!ai->shared) {
-		airo_print_err(ai->dev->name, "Couldn't alloc_consistent %d",
-		       PCI_SHARED_LEN);
+		airo_print_err("", "Couldn't alloc_consistent %d",
+			PCI_SHARED_LEN);
 		goto free_auxmap;
 	}
 
@@ -2770,7 +2771,7 @@ static int airo_networks_allocate(struct airo_info *ai)
 	    kzalloc(AIRO_MAX_NETWORK_COUNT * sizeof(BSSListElement),
 		    GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!ai->networks) {
-		airo_print_warn(ai->dev->name, "Out of memory allocating beacons");
+		airo_print_warn("", "Out of memory allocating beacons");
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	}
 
@@ -2798,7 +2799,6 @@ static int airo_test_wpa_capable(struct airo_info *ai)
 {
 	int status;
 	CapabilityRid cap_rid;
-	const char *name = ai->dev->name;
 
 	status = readCapabilityRid(ai, &cap_rid, 1);
 	if (status != SUCCESS) return 0;
@@ -2806,12 +2806,12 @@ static int airo_test_wpa_capable(struct airo_info *ai)
 	/* Only firmware versions 5.30.17 or better can do WPA */
 	if ((cap_rid.softVer > 0x530)
 	  || ((cap_rid.softVer == 0x530) && (cap_rid.softSubVer >= 17))) {
-		airo_print_info(name, "WPA is supported.");
+		airo_print_info("", "WPA is supported.");
 		return 1;
 	}
 
 	/* No WPA support */
-	airo_print_info(name, "WPA unsupported (only firmware versions 5.30.17"
+	airo_print_info("", "WPA unsupported (only firmware versions 5.30.17"
 		" and greater support WPA.  Detected %s)", cap_rid.prodVer);
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -2825,14 +2825,10 @@ static struct net_device *_init_airo_card( unsigned short irq, int port,
 	int i, rc;
 
 	/* Create the network device object. */
-        dev = alloc_etherdev(sizeof(*ai));
-        if (!dev) {
+	dev = alloc_netdev(sizeof(*ai), "", ether_setup);
+	if (!dev) {
 		airo_print_err("", "Couldn't alloc_etherdev");
 		return NULL;
-        }
-	if (dev_alloc_name(dev, dev->name) < 0) {
-		airo_print_err("", "Couldn't get name!");
-		goto err_out_free;
 	}
 
 	ai = dev->priv;
@@ -2841,7 +2837,7 @@ static struct net_device *_init_airo_card( unsigned short irq, int port,
 	ai->jobs = 0;
 	ai->dev = dev;
 	if (pci && (pci->device == 0x5000 || pci->device == 0xa504)) {
-		airo_print_dbg(dev->name, "Found an MPI350 card");
+		airo_print_dbg("", "Found an MPI350 card");
 		set_bit(FLAG_MPI, &ai->flags);
 	}
 	spin_lock_init(&ai->aux_lock);
@@ -2882,7 +2878,7 @@ static struct net_device *_init_airo_card( unsigned short irq, int port,
 	msleep(400);
 
 	if (!is_pcmcia) {
-		if (!request_region( dev->base_addr, 64, dev->name )) {
+		if (!request_region(dev->base_addr, 64, DRV_NAME)) {
 			rc = -EBUSY;
 			airo_print_err(dev->name, "Couldn't request region");
 			goto err_out_nets;
@@ -2890,8 +2886,8 @@ static struct net_device *_init_airo_card( unsigned short irq, int port,
 	}
 
 	if (test_bit(FLAG_MPI,&ai->flags)) {
-		if (mpi_map_card(ai, pci, dev->name)) {
-			airo_print_err(dev->name, "Could not map memory");
+		if (mpi_map_card(ai, pci)) {
+			airo_print_err("", "Could not map memory");
 			goto err_out_res;
 		}
 	}
@@ -2919,6 +2915,7 @@ static struct net_device *_init_airo_card( unsigned short irq, int port,
 		ai->bssListRidLen = sizeof(BSSListRid) - sizeof(BSSListRidExtra);
 	}
 
+	strcpy(dev->name, "eth%d");
 	rc = register_netdev(dev);
 	if (rc) {
 		airo_print_err(dev->name, "Couldn't register_netdev");
@@ -4014,7 +4011,7 @@ static int bap_setup(struct airo_info *ai, u16 rid, u16 offset, int whichbap )
 		}
 		if ( !(max_tries--) ) {
 			airo_print_err(ai->dev->name,
-				"airo: BAP setup error too many retries\n");
+				"BAP setup error too many retries\n");
 			return ERROR;
 		}
 		// -- PC4500 missed it, try again