Re: 2.6.2: "-" or "_", thats the question

Rusty Russell
2004-02-18T00:18:09Z

On Sun, 15 Feb 2004 10:58:54 +0100
Harald Dunkel <harald.dunkel@t-online.de> wrote:

> Coywolf Qi Hunt wrote:
> > Harald Dunkel wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> What would be the correct way to get the filename of a
> >> loaded module? The basename would be sufficient.
> >>
> >>
> > The symbole names used in source code, like function names tend to use
> > "_", while the file names use "-" IMHO.
> >
>
> Naturally the symbols in the code use '_', cause for C '-'
> is not allowed within symbol names.
>
> I am interested in the module file names. 'cat /proc/modules'
> should return the correct module names, but for some modules
> (like uhci_hcd vs uhci-hcd.ko) '_' and '-' are messed up.

We canonicalize them at every point: you can use both.

Most users don't want to remember that it's ip_conntrack but uhci-hcd.

Hope that clarifies,
Rusty.
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