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From: Thomas Monjalon <thomas.monjalon@6wind.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 1/2] tools: Add support for handling
	built-in kernel modules
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 2016 14:52:12 +0100
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2016-01-28 12:17, Kamil Rytarowski:
> 
> W dniu 26.01.2016 o 16:23, Thomas Monjalon pisze:
> > 2016-01-20 10:48, krytarowski@caviumnetworks.com:
> >> --- a/tools/dpdk_nic_bind.py
> >> +++ b/tools/dpdk_nic_bind.py
> >> -    for line in loaded_mods:
> >> +    try:
> >> +        # Get list of syfs modules, some of them might be builtin and merge with mods
> > Please could you explain this comment?
> > Is it remaining from previous versions of the patch?
> 
> Yes. It might be changed to:
> # Get list of sysfs modules (both built-in and dynamically loaded)

OK

> > [...]
> >> +        # special case for vfio_pci (module is named vfio-pci,
> >> +        # but its .ko is named vfio_pci)
> > Isn't it common to have dash replaced by underscore for kernel modules?
> >
> 
> I retained the logic for special case of vfio-pci. At the moment 
> (according to my knowledge) there are no other DPDK modules with this 
> name replacement.
> 
> I checked few example Linux modules and if a module is named with dash, 
> it's being replaced to underscore. The modprobe(8) tool can accept both 
> names as interchangeable (with dash and underscore).
> 
> Would you like to make it a general rule and replace all dashes with 
> underscores?

I don't know. Do what you think is best.
Thanks