Can't remove a module because of new policy

From: linux-os (linux-os_at_analogic.com)
Date: 02/04/05

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    Date:	Fri, 4 Feb 2005 13:21:29 -0500 (EST)
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    There is more and more policy being put into the kernel
    and utilities. Now I can't remove a module because whoever
    made the new module-init-tools decided that they didn't like
    its name even though it was installed and running.

    In the following I explicitly tell `rmmod` to remove a module
    with the name "DAS-Link". The "(!@$*!@#^(" program decides
    that I don't know what I am doing and attempts to
    remove "DAS_Link" which I never typed, never called for,
    and should never have even been even guessed.

    Script started on Fri 04 Feb 2005 01:07:41 PM EST
    # lsmod | grep DAS
    DAS-Link 6788 0
    # grep DAS /proc/modules
    DAS-Link 6788 0 - Live 0xf0a95000
    # rmmod DAS-Link
    ERROR: Module DAS_Link does not exist in /proc/modules
    # lsmod --version module-init-tools version 3.0-pre10
    # exit
    Script done on Fri 04 Feb 2005 01:08:51 PM EST

    So, I suppose this name is no longer valid?? If so, this
    means that hundreds of installed machines can't be updated
    in the field.

    Cheers,
    *** Johnson
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