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Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2002 11:48:46 +0530
From: "Vamsi Krishna S ." <vamsi@in.ibm.com>
To: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
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Subject: Re: [BUG] module-init-tools 0.9.3, rmmod modules with '-'
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On Tue, Dec 17, 2002 at 11:17:05AM +1100, Rusty Russell wrote:
> 
> BTW, this was done for (1) simplicity, (2) so KBUILD_MODNAME can be
> used to construct identifiers, and (3) so parameters when the module
> is built-in have a consistent name.
> 
Ok, I see it now, this magic happens in scripts/Makefile.lib. 
My module has been built outside the kernel build system, that's
why I saw this problem.

I guess avoiding '-' should do it, but is there a simple way to 
correctly build (simple, test) modules outside the kernel tree now?

Thanks,
Vamsi.
-- 
Vamsi Krishna S.
Linux Technology Center,
IBM Software Lab, Bangalore.
Ph: +91 80 5044959
Internet: vamsi@in.ibm.com
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