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

Harald Dunkel
2004-02-18T08:47:49Z

Wakko Warner wrote:
> Rusty Russell wrote:
>
>>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.

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.

Regards

Harri