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Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2013 17:14:15 -0700
From: Linda Walsh <lkml@tlinx.org>
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Subject: mod filenames != modnames? (inconsistent name changing)
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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'.

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

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?


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