In some mail I received from Bill Studenmund, sie wrote
> 
> > 
> > I thought that modload doesn't assume one now, forcing you to specify the
> > entry point with -e, which is what everyone seemed to be trying to
> > avoid here in this thread.  Of course, if I am completely without clue,
> > please help me find one :-)
> 
> I think all the lkm samples set a precedent of using something other
> than xxxinit for the entry point, so everyone's always used something
> else, requiring explicit specification w/ -e. :-)

Well, after this little discourse, I made some quick changes and came up
with the patch below.  If it can't find xxxinit then it looks for
<modname>_init.  If you use -e, it won't try any other names.  If people
are happy with this, I'll commit it.

btw, what's the deal with the _AOUT_INCLUDE_ bogosity or don't I want to
know ?

Cheers,
Darren

*** modload.c.orig	Sat Sep 13 11:40:02 1997
--- modload.c	Sat Sep 13 12:09:14 1997
***************
*** 45,50 ****
--- 45,51 ----
  #include <string.h>
  #include <err.h>
  #include <unistd.h>
+ #include <nlist.h>
  #include "pathnames.h"
  
  #ifndef DFLT_ENTRY
***************
*** 141,146 ****
--- 142,171 ----
  }
  
  int
+ verify_entry(entry, filename)
+ 	char *entry, *filename;
+ {
+ 	struct	nlist	names[2];
+ 	int n;
+ 
+ 	bzero((char *)names, sizeof(names));
+ #ifdef	_AOUT_INCLUDE_
+ 	names[0].n_un.n_name = (char *)malloc(strlen(entry) + 2);
+ 	names[0].n_un.n_name[0] = '_';
+ 	strcpy(names[0].n_un.n_name + 1, entry);
+ #else
+ 	names[0].n_name = (char *)malloc(strlen(entry) + 2);
+ 	names[0].n_name[0] = '_';
+ 	strcpy(names[0].n_name + 1, entry);
+ #endif
+ 
+ 	n = nlist(filename, names);
+ 	if (n == -1)
+ 		errx(1, "file %s does not exist", filename);
+ 	return n;
+ }
+ 
+ int
  main(argc, argv)
  	int argc;
  	char *argv[];
***************
*** 214,219 ****
--- 239,267 ----
  	if (out == NULL) {
  		out = modout;
  		*p = '\0';
+ 	}
+ 
+ 	/*
+ 	 * Verify that the entry point for the module exists.
+ 	 */
+ 	if (verify_entry(entry, modobj)) {
+ 		/*
+ 		 * Try <modobj>_init if entry is DFLT_ENTRY.
+ 		 */
+ 		if (entry == DFLT_ENTRY) {
+ 			if ((p = strrchr(modout, '/')))
+ 				p++;
+ 			else
+ 				p = modout;
+ 			entry = (char *)malloc(strlen(p) + 6);
+ 			strcpy(entry, p);
+ 			strcat(entry, "_init");
+ 			if (verify_entry(entry, modobj))
+ 				errx(1, "entry point _%s not found in %s",
+ 				    entry, modobj);
+ 		} else
+ 			errx(1, "entry point _%s not found in %s", entry,
+ 			    modobj);
  	}
  
  	/*