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From: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
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Cc: Zwane Mwaikambo <zwane@holomorphy.com>,
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Subject: Re: [BUG] module-init-tools 0.9.3, rmmod modules with '-' 
In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 17 Dec 2002 11:48:46 +0530."
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In message <20021217114846.A30837@in.ibm.com> you write:
> 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?

Has there ever been a simple way?  You can either use _ in the name,
or use tr on the -DKBUILD_MODNAME line, I guess.

Rusty.
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