[gentoo-user] Re: modules in use

[Nikos Chantziaras]

Neil Bothwick wrote:
> On Fri, 5 Dec 2008 22:32:23 +0100, Sebastian Günther wrote:
>
>> The third column of lsmod is headed with Used by and consists of a
>> number and a list of modules which use it.
>>
>> Everything with a 0 is not used.
>
> Not true. Anything with a 0 is not used by another module. That's not the
> same as not used.

I think a 0 indicates that it's not used at all.  For example, lsmod 
here says:

   Module                  Size  Used by
   oss_audigyls           21888  0
   osscore               554244  1 oss_audigyls

If I start Amarok and play a tune, lsmod says:

   Module                  Size  Used by
   oss_audigyls           21888  4
   osscore               554244  3 oss_audigyls

Note that after the "4" is nothing.  That probably means it is used, but 
*not* by a module?  That would mean that 0 means really totally unused 
by anything.