Messages in this thread | | | From | (Måns Rullgård) | Subject | Re: 2.6.2: "-" or "_", thats the question | Date | Mon, 16 Feb 2004 09:48:04 +0100 |
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Harald Dunkel <harald.dunkel@t-online.de> writes:
> Ryan Reich wrote: >> Harald Dunkel wrote: >> >>> >>> I am interested in the module file names. 'cat /proc/modules' >>> should return the correct module names, but for some modules >>> (like uhci_hcd vs uhci-hcd.ko) '_' and '-' are messed up. >> According to the modprobe man page, the two symbols are >> interchangeable. >> > I know. But this requires some very ugly workarounds outside > of module-init-tools. For example, if you want to check > whether a module $module_name has already been loaded, you > cannot use > > grep -q "^${module_name} " /proc/modules > > Instead you have to use a workaround like > > x="`echo $module_name | sed -e 's/-/_/g'`" > cat /proc/modules | sed -e 's/-/_/g' | grep -q "^${x} " > > This is inefficient and error-prone. > > Maybe somebody has another idea for the workaround, > but I like the first version.
/proc/modules uses only _ so you could use ${module_name/-/_}.
-- Måns Rullgård mru@kth.se
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