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From: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
To: "Adam J. Richter" <adam@freya.yggdrasil.com>
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Subject: Re: Patch?: module-init-tools/modprobe.c - use modules.dep 
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In message <200211252254.OAA04288@freya.yggdrasil.com> you write:
> Rusty Russell wrote:
> >(you took out module alias support in your patch, though) 8(.
> 
> 	Did not.  See the routine get_alias() in my version.

No, you took out the part that reads the aliases from the module
itself (.modalias section).

> 	However, my version does not support:
> 
> 		 wildcard aliases,
> 		 an alias that expands to multiple targets, or
> 		 an alias that expands to an alias.
> 
> 	It should only take a few lines to fix the first two.

See my wishlist for the second one (or/and support): this is a request
I got from someone.

> As for last, I'm not sure how useful aliasing to an alias really is.

Don't know.  Combinations of and/or aliases would be easiest with
this, though.

> It wouldn't be the Manhattan Project to add it, but I'd rather not
> add a feature if it has no real use.

Good man!

Rusty.
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  Anyone who quotes me in their sig is an idiot. -- Rusty Russell.
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