Subj : Re: Incredibly bloated 'lsmod'
To   : comp.os.linux
From : Stuart Fuller
Date : Sun Aug 29 2004 05:23 pm

nobody@nowhere.nonet wrote:

> Sybren Stuvel <sybrenUSE@YOURthirdtower.imagination.com> spewed this
> unto the Network:
>> nobody@nowhere.nonet enlightened us with:
>> You might want to read the manual page:
> 
>>    lsmod  is  a  trivial  program which nicely formats the contents of
>>    the /proc/modules, showing what kernel modules are currently
>>    loaded.
> 
> You might want to try running 'lsmod' followed by 'cat /proc/modules'.
> The output is EXACTLY the same, except for the top line. The output
> of the shell script I posted is indistinguishable from the output
> of the 'lsmod' binary.
> 
> 'lsmod' really IS a trivial program.

Yes, the output is the same using either method (lsmod or cat 
/proc/modules).  Just like the man page for lsmod says.

Yes, lsmod is a trivial program.  It's also 8Kbytes.  How is that bloated?

Was the output of /proc/modules always there, and the same as what lsmod 
outputs?  Maybe it's a historical thing?  

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        Stu

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