netdev - Re: [PATCH 0/3] net/sched: Load modules via alias

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Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2023 14:28:57 -0800
From: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>
To: Michal Koutný <mkoutny@...e.com>
Cc: Pedro Tammela <pctammela@...atatu.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] net/sched: Load modules via alias

On Wed, 6 Dec 2023 22:18:25 +0100
Michal Koutný <mkoutny@...e.com> wrote:

> On Wed, Dec 06, 2023 at 05:16:28PM -0300, Pedro Tammela <pctammela@...atatu.com> wrote:
> > Can't you just keep the sch-, cls-, act- prefixes for the aliases?
> > They look odd in the current patchset TBH  
> 
> I'm open to different better naming.
> 
> Although, this natural option would clash with the behavior
> (modprobe(8)):
> 
> > there is no difference between _ and - in module names  
> 
> Thus blacklisting via an alias vs not-blacklisting via non-canonical
> name would contradict each other :-/
> 
> Michal

It is not clear to me what this patchset is trying to fix.
Autoloading happens now, but it does depend on the name not alias.

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