Re: two sym53c8xx.o modules

From: Matthew Wilcox
Date: Thu Oct 09 2003 - 07:39:54 EST


On Thu, Oct 09, 2003 at 02:24:28PM +0200, Erik Mouw wrote:
> No, it's not allright. Modprobe can't distinguish between
> sym53c8xx_2/sym53c8xx.o and sym53c8xx.o, you have to figure out the
> full path and insmod one of them manually. Xose is right in that
> sym53c8xx_2/sym53c8xx.o should be renamed in sym53c8xx_2/sym53c8xx_2.o.
> Compare with aic7xxx and aic7xxx_old.

Is it really important to change this at this stage of 2.4? For
reference, sym1 has already gone away in 2.6, so it'll be incovenient
for users no matter what you change. Let's stick with the devil we know.

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Do you think I want to have an academic debate on this subject?" -- Robert Fisk
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