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

[Yann E. MORIN]

Hello all!

On Wednesday 31 May 2006 140, bugs at busybox.net wrote:
> 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

Yes, use of star-pattern is highly used throughout the modules.alias file.
My desktop's modules.alias has a countless number of such aliases.

I guess that would /not/ be trivial to implement in busybox's modprobe.
So:
- What is the occurence of such a setup in the _embedded_ world?
- Would this really be wanted that busybox implements this?

Regards,
Yann E. MORIN.

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