Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 18 Feb 2004 12:25:23 -0500 | From | Wakko Warner <> | Subject | Re: 2.6.2: "-" or "_", thats the question |
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> >>Most users don't want to remember that it's ip_conntrack but uhci-hcd. > > > > I'd like to chime in about this. > > > > I'd prefer it be - all the way around (I know I can use either). Since I > > can ask for module uhci_hcd or uhci-hcd and get uhci-hcd.ko loaded, I've > > been using -. It's a bit easier to type since I don't have to hit shift for > > each _ > > > > It is really not important here whether anybody prefers '_' > or '-'. IMHO everybody should be free to use both, even > within one symbol filename.
That's good. This is pretty much all I want =)
> What I do not like is that /proc/modules lies about the > names of the loaded modules. I can understand that you > are not affected by this problem, because all you see is > module-init-tools, but others _are_ affected.
I did not realize that /proc/modules lied. From a user standpoint, it may not be /proc/modules lying, it may be module-init-tools lying to the kernel about the module it just loaded. I don't know, I have not looked at the code for module-init-tools. I checked one of my 2.6 machines and indeed all modules are with an _ instead of a -
When I first noticed that [eou]hci_hcd was loaded I figured all modules were using _ now. When I was playing with alsa it never clicked in about the - and _. I see now that it's _ in /proc/modules.
[OT] why is the usb drivers named with -hcd at the end anyway?
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