Re: module name clash
Krzysztof G. Baranowski (kgb@manjak.knm.org.pl)
Tue, 28 Jul 1998 15:44:16 +0200 (CEST)
On Fri, 24 Jul 1998, Hubert Mantel wrote:
> Of course it's easy to rename one of the modules, but I think this
> is a general problem. Should we require module names to be unique even
> when the drivers are in different directories?
Yes. I suppose that breaking this situation would result in
complete mess in userspace utilities. I believe that the Right
Thing(tm) is just to rename one of the modules.
You don't have to rename the files. (insmod -o ...)
Kris
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