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

Harald Dunkel
2004-02-15T09:59:11Z

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.

Regards

Harri