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On Fri, Dec 5, 2008 at 6:51 PM, Nikos Chantziaras <realnc@×××××.de> wrote: |
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> Neil Bothwick wrote: |
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>> |
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>> On Fri, 5 Dec 2008 22:32:23 +0100, Sebastian Günther wrote: |
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>>> The third column of lsmod is headed with Used by and consists of a number |
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>>> and a list of modules which use it. |
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>>> Everything with a 0 is not used. |
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>> Not true. Anything with a 0 is not used by another module. That's not the |
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>> same as not used. |
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> I think a 0 indicates that it's not used at all. For example, lsmod here |
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> says: |
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> Module Size Used by |
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> oss_audigyls 21888 0 |
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> osscore 554244 1 oss_audigyls |
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> If I start Amarok and play a tune, lsmod says: |
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> Module Size Used by |
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> oss_audigyls 21888 4 |
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> osscore 554244 3 oss_audigyls |
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> Note that after the "4" is nothing. That probably means it is used, but |
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> *not* by a module? That would mean that 0 means really totally unused by |
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> anything. |
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That's how I understand it. (it's the same as shown by /proc/modules) |
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