From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S267550AbUBRRO6 (ORCPT ); Wed, 18 Feb 2004 12:14:58 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S267553AbUBRRO6 (ORCPT ); Wed, 18 Feb 2004 12:14:58 -0500 Received: from dial249.pm3abing3.abingdonpm.naxs.com ([216.98.75.249]:34711 "EHLO animx.eu.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S267550AbUBRROx (ORCPT ); Wed, 18 Feb 2004 12:14:53 -0500 Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2004 12:25:23 -0500 From: Wakko Warner To: Harald Dunkel Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: 2.6.2: "-" or "_", thats the question Message-ID: <20040218122523.A17548@animx.eu.org> References: <402A887D.7030408@t-online.de> <402EDBA8.4070102@lovecn.org> <402F42DE.5090308@t-online.de> <20040217184132.541a5a76.rusty@rustcorp.com.au> <20040217202839.A16590@animx.eu.org> <40332666.60703@t-online.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95.3i In-Reply-To: <40332666.60703@t-online.de>; from Harald Dunkel on Wed, Feb 18, 2004 at 09:46:30AM +0100 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > >>Most users don't want to remember that it's ip_conntrack but uhci-hcd. > > > > I'd like to chime in about this. > > > > I'd prefer it be - all the way around (I know I can use either). Since I > > can ask for module uhci_hcd or uhci-hcd and get uhci-hcd.ko loaded, I've > > been using -. It's a bit easier to type since I don't have to hit shift for > > each _ > > > > It is really not important here whether anybody prefers '_' > or '-'. IMHO everybody should be free to use both, even > within one symbol filename. That's good. This is pretty much all I want =) > What I do not like is that /proc/modules lies about the > names of the loaded modules. I can understand that you > are not affected by this problem, because all you see is > module-init-tools, but others _are_ affected. I did not realize that /proc/modules lied. From a user standpoint, it may not be /proc/modules lying, it may be module-init-tools lying to the kernel about the module it just loaded. I don't know, I have not looked at the code for module-init-tools. I checked one of my 2.6 machines and indeed all modules are with an _ instead of a - When I first noticed that [eou]hci_hcd was loaded I figured all modules were using _ now. When I was playing with alsa it never clicked in about the - and _. I see now that it's _ in /proc/modules. [OT] why is the usb drivers named with -hcd at the end anyway? -- Lab tests show that use of micro$oft causes cancer in lab animals