On Tue, Feb 04, 2020 at 08:15:49AM +0100, Alexander Steffen wrote: > The scripts are effectively using modprobe/rmmod/etc. and those need the > name. modprobe can be fixed by defining an alias, but this does not work for > rmmod. Many other things also depend on the name, e.g. module blacklisting > or the output of lsmod, where people might now get confused by the > difference between "tpm_tis_spi_mod" and "tpm_tis_i2c". Also, there are many > tutorials out there, that explicitly tell users to run something like > "modprobe tpm_tis_spi", which won't work anymore now. > > So, if there is a good reason to break compatibility, I'm fine with that. > But in this case, isn't there some way to achieve the desired functionality > without changing the name? Even if it is a little more complex than the > three-line change above, that would probably be worth it. Nope, you're right. I'll work out a fix for this and add you as reported-by. /Jarkko
