[Rtai] [PATCH] Use MODULE_ALIAS instead of symlinks for aliasing legacy module names

[Lukas Anzinger]

Hi,

instead of using symlinking legacy names of modules to preserve backwards
compatibility MODULE_ALIAS() should be used.

I've prepared a patch that removes the symlink creation from the makefile and
adds MODULE_ALIAS() macros to the corresponding kernel module instead.

After compiling and invoking depmod it works fine for me, i.e. it's possible
to load rtai_sched using one of the aliases (e.g. rtai_up, rtai_mup, etc.):

$ modinfo rtai_sched
filename:       /lib/modules/3.10-3-rtai-686-pae/rtai/rtai_sched.ko
alias:          rtai_lxrt
alias:          rtai_ksched
alias:          rtai_smp
alias:          rtai_mup
alias:          rtai_up
license:        GPL
license:        GPL
depends:        rtai_hal
vermagic:       3.10-3-kajot-686-pae SMP mod_unload modversions 686
parm:           rtai_global_heap_size:int
parm:           rtai_kstack_heap_size:int
parm:           OneShot:int
parm:           Latency:int
parm:           SetupTimeTIMER:int

IMHO this is a much cleaner approach.

Regards,

Lukas
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