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From: Paul Hartman <paul.hartman+gentoo@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: modules in use
Date: Sat, 06 Dec 2008 00:57:20
Message-Id: 58965d8a0812051657j6583c271saab87f08c347ed99@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Re: modules in use by Nikos Chantziaras
1 On Fri, Dec 5, 2008 at 6:51 PM, Nikos Chantziaras <realnc@×××××.de> wrote:
2 > Neil Bothwick wrote:
3 >>
4 >> On Fri, 5 Dec 2008 22:32:23 +0100, Sebastian Günther wrote:
5 >>
6 >>> The third column of lsmod is headed with Used by and consists of a number
7 >>> and a list of modules which use it.
8 >>>
9 >>> Everything with a 0 is not used.
10 >>
11 >> Not true. Anything with a 0 is not used by another module. That's not the
12 >> same as not used.
13 >
14 > I think a 0 indicates that it's not used at all. For example, lsmod here
15 > says:
16 >
17 > Module Size Used by
18 > oss_audigyls 21888 0
19 > osscore 554244 1 oss_audigyls
20 >
21 > If I start Amarok and play a tune, lsmod says:
22 >
23 > Module Size Used by
24 > oss_audigyls 21888 4
25 > osscore 554244 3 oss_audigyls
26 >
27 > Note that after the "4" is nothing. That probably means it is used, but
28 > *not* by a module? That would mean that 0 means really totally unused by
29 > anything.
30
31 That's how I understand it. (it's the same as shown by /proc/modules)