On Fri, Dec 5, 2008 at 7:09 PM, »Q« <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, 06 Dec 2008 02:51:02 +0200 > Nikos Chantziaras <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> 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. > > I see the same kind of thing, using alsa instead of oss. But Whatever > the 0's mean, the output of lsmod won't be enough to help the OP, who > really wants to be able to tell what modules are *needed*. > > $ lsmod | grep iwl > iwl4965 185000 0 > mac80211 112076 1 iwl4965 > > It's certainly possible that my wireless driver is not being used by > anything at any given microsecond, but this post won't get off my > computer without that driver being used.
Yes, I think the only real solution is to remove things and see what breaks.
