On Fri, Dec 5, 2008 at 6:51 PM, 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.
That's how I understand it. (it's the same as shown by /proc/modules)
