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Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2003 16:38:52 +0200
From: mikpe@csd.uu.se
To: Russell King <rmk@arm.linux.org.uk>
Cc: Dominik Brodowski <linux@brodo.de>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: 2.5.71 cardbus problem + possible solution
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Russell King writes:
 > On Mon, Jun 16, 2003 at 03:25:16PM +0200, mikpe@csd.uu.se wrote:
 > > 2.5.71 changed the name of the Yenta module from yenta_socket
 > > to yenta. In my case (Latitude with RH9 user-space), this
 > > prevented cardmgr from starting properly.
 > > 
 > > Quick fix: add 'alias yenta_socket yenta' to /etc/modprobe.conf,
 > > or s/yenta_socket/yenta/ in the appropriate config file (but
 > > then you make multi-booting 2.4/2.5 more difficult).
 > 
 > What do people want to do about this?  I have no particular desire to
 > answer all those emails asking about this, so unless Dominik objects,
 > I think we should just rename "yenta.c" to "yenta_socket.c" so we have
 > back-compatibility.
 > 
 > (This issue has appeared because yenta_socket.ko used to be created
 > by combining yenta.o with pci_socket.o.  Since pci_socket.c no longer
 > exists, we create the module from yenta.c directly, so its now called
 > yenta.ko.)

I'd prefer compatibility, if there are no technical reasons for
breaking it. Reverting to the old name in 2.5.72 sounds like a
good idea.