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SubjectRe: mod filenames != modnames? (inconsistent name changing)
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Linda Walsh <lkml@tlinx.org> writes:
> Should we have any expectation that a module name and it's filename
> should be equivalent?
>
> I was writing an auto-complete script for modprobe so it wouldn't give
> me the option to double load a module (I'd have to manually type it in if
> I really wanted it).
>
> Trouble is some modules with names w/underscores ('_') change
> register their names with a 'dash'.

But modprobe kvm_intel already works. Just convert any - to _?

> Would it be too much trouble to ask that the same names be used in
> both places?

Well, you could get kernel developers to rename their files with
underscores. I've CC'd them.

We use _ because we turn the module names into identifiers; it's also
the most common choice, and having both is just confusing.

> I have about 30 modules loaded now and out of that list,
> 2 are name changes:
>
> acpi_cpufreq (filename acip-cpufreq.ko)
> kvm_intel (filename kvm-intel.ko)
>
> If I load a bunch more... I find more that change names.
>
> Could the naming in the modules that do this be made consistent?
>
> Not doing so makes automatically tying a mod-name to it's file
> tend toward being non-deterministic.
>
> Many modules use '-' or '_' without being confused.
> It would be helpful if the few confused modules could
> get their identity straight. Is there a problem with
> making these names consistent?

It shouldn't break anything to rename them, if there's consensus I'm
happy to create a patch.

Cheers,
Rusty.


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