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It is the kernel itself (and associated tools) that mix +</I>><i> >> > and match underscore and dash. Hence the need for a conversion patch. +</I>><i> >> +</I>><i> >> not really, it just means that in the kernel - are mapped to _; modprobe +</I>><i> >> tools handle both cases, just modinfo reports the filename which can +</I>><i> >> include '-', but it can still handle both. +</I>><i> >> +</I>><i> >> lspci and most tools just report it as it's really named (depending on +</I>><i> >> filename). modules.dep and modules.descr, etc... has the name as it is as +</I>><i> >> well, meaning there can be '-' in the name. +</I>><i> >> +</I>><i> >> i just see this workaround being effective to handle lstdetect, which +</I>><i> >> somehow forces all of it being lowercase... +</I>><i> >> +</I>><i> >> i don't know how much of lstdetect is hardcoded and how much of it is +</I>><i> >> generated, but imho the cleanest way would be to fix lstdetect, so that +</I>><i> >> it +</I>><i> >> gives the proper module names... +</I>><i> >> +</I>><i> >> i've been looking at a way to fix the module list window for choosing, +</I>><i> >> but +</I>><i> >> the problem isn't as simple as i thought, since insmod looks at +</I>><i> >> filenames... which is another workaround. +</I>><i> >> +</I>><i> >> @thierry: i donno what you think of it, but imo: +</I>><i> >> A) fixing lstdetect would be the cleanest way (maybe not the simplest) +</I>><i> >> B) perhaps in the comparing i can workaround this, but the compare code +</I>><i> >> will not be as simple as it should... +</I>><i> > +</I>><i> > forgot to mention option C: +</I>><i> > +</I>><i> > C) using kmod in stage1 +</I>><i> > +</I>><i> > but option C might not be as easy and will increase the stage1 size; and +</I>><i> > raises the question if stage2 is actually still needed then...? +</I>><i> +</I>><i> As already said, stage1 uses ldetect which use libkmod, thus we already +</I>><i> are linked to it. +</I>><i> mdv switched to kmod. +</I>><i> You can look at it. +</I>><i> But show me the patch before commiting it. +</I>><i> In the meantime please upload a stage1 with your change revertd +</I> +yeah, this might be over my head as a beginner in this kind of code... + +I was hoping a simple workaround would do for now, since we're already this +late... + +but i guess since we're linking into libkmod anyway, it might as well be done. + +i'm not confident, but i'll give it a try. + +PS: i commited the revert. +</PRE> + + + + + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="023670.html">[Mageia-dev] USB Keyboard disabled in current stage1 +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="023738.html">[Mageia-dev] USB Keyboard disabled in current stage1 +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#23672">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#23672">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#23672">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#23672">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + +<hr> +<a href="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">More information about the Mageia-dev +mailing list</a><br> +</body></html> |