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linuxlinux-kernellinux-device-driverredhat
c4f4t0r
c4f4t0r

Reputation: 1641

kernel module name with _ and -?

Why do I have this names in my redhat 5 server?

[root@sanserver ~]# lsmod | grep multipath
 dm_multipath           58969  2 dm_round_robin
 scsi_dh                42561  1 dm_multipath **#Module name with _**
 dm_mod                103569  28 dm_multipath,dm_raid45,dm_snapshot,dm_zero,dm_mirror,dm_log

 [root@sanserver ~]# modinfo dm_multipath
 filename:       /lib/modules/2.6.18-371.3.1.el5xen/kernel/drivers/md/dm-multipath.ko **#name with -**
 license:        GPL
 author:         Sistina Software <[email protected]>
 description:    device-mapper multipath target
 srcversion:     4BAFD78E7E55F1ECEFAE485
 depends:        scsi_dh,dm-mod
 vermagic:       2.6.18-371.3.1.el5xen SMP mod_unload gcc-4.1
 module_sig:      883f350528095c4b83fbebdcf4f8e511246ad0a0aac4dc3d4f69ff19b5be180209ffe5e468361309f5db06e141919e5eb76dbd14e2c5539390c54bd4

I got two differents names, but there is not alias, one is dm-multipath and second dm_multipath

Upvotes: 2

Views: 519

Answers (1)

user149341
user149341

Reputation:

You are looking at two different names. The module is called dm_multipath, and the file that it is loaded from is called dm-multipath.ko. These names need not match — the module would still be loadable (via insmod, at least) if you renamed it to example.ko, but the module would still internally be called dm_multipath.

Upvotes: 2

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