From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S267465AbUBSCBJ (ORCPT ); Wed, 18 Feb 2004 21:01:09 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S267467AbUBSCBJ (ORCPT ); Wed, 18 Feb 2004 21:01:09 -0500 Received: from fw.osdl.org ([65.172.181.6]:46314 "EHLO mail.osdl.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S267465AbUBSCAQ (ORCPT ); Wed, 18 Feb 2004 21:00:16 -0500 Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2004 17:52:40 -0800 From: "Randy.Dunlap" To: Wakko Warner Cc: harald.dunkel@t-online.de, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: 2.6.2: "-" or "_", thats the question Message-Id: <20040218175240.46fbd285.rddunlap@osdl.org> In-Reply-To: <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> <20040218122523.A17548@animx.eu.org> Organization: OSDL X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.9.4 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i686-pc-linux-gnu) X-Face: +5V?h'hZQPB9kW Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, 18 Feb 2004 12:25:23 -0500 Wakko Warner wrote: | 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? Because some USB drivers are for USB devices (no -hcd at end) and some of them are USB host controller drivers (HCDs), not for USB devices per se. It's just a simple differeniation. -- ~Randy