[BusyBox 0000889]: modprobe won't use ' * ' symbols modules.alias

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The following issue has been SUBMITTED. 
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http://busybox.net/bugs/view.php?id=889 
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Reported By:                VEvgeniy
Assigned To:                BusyBox
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Project:                    BusyBox
Issue ID:                   889
Category:                   Standards Compliance
Reproducibility:            always
Severity:                   minor
Priority:                   normal
Status:                     assigned
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Date Submitted:             05-31-2006 05:07 PDT
Last Modified:              05-31-2006 05:07 PDT
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Summary:                    modprobe won't use ' * ' symbols modules.alias
Description: 
modprobe ignores '*' symbols in alias name
for examples:
device name: pci:v000010ECd00008139sv000011F6sd00008139bc02sc00i00
alias in modprobe completely ignores /lib/modules/whatever/modules.alias:
alias pci:v000010ECd00008139sv*sd*bc*sc*i* 8139too
result: 8139too don't load as
pci:v000010ECd00008139sv000011F6sd00008139bc02sc00i00

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Issue History 
Date Modified   Username       Field                    Change               
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05-31-06 05:07  VEvgeniy       New Issue                                    
05-31-06 05:07  VEvgeniy       Status                   new => assigned     
05-31-06 05:07  VEvgeniy       Assigned To               => BusyBox         
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