Subj : Re: Incredibly bloated 'lsmod'
To   : comp.os.linux
From : Sybren Stuvel
Date : Mon Aug 30 2004 12:20 am

nobody@nowhere.nonet enlightened us with:
> You might want to try running 'lsmod' followed by 'cat /proc/modules'.
> The output is EXACTLY the same, except for the top line.

No it's not. Here is a piece of my /proc/modules:

nfs 95152 1 - Live 0xe1ce2000
vfat 11840 0 - Live 0xe1ca3000
fat 39104 1 vfat, Live 0xe1cba000
isofs 24132 0 - Live 0xe1ca7000
nfsd 90312 8 - Live 0xe1c74000
exportfs 4992 1 nfsd, Live 0xe1b4c000
lockd 57864 3 nfs,nfsd, Live 0xe1c27000
sunrpc 130404 6 nfs,nfsd,lockd, Live 0xe1c38000
snd_via82xx 23684 0 - Live 0xe1b96000
snd_mpu401_uart 6144 1 snd_via82xx, Live 0xe1b49000
usbhid 22464 0 - Live 0xe1b86000
ehci_hcd 25860 0 - Live 0xe1b7e000
uhci_hcd 28944 0 - Live 0xe1b75000
via_agp 7040 1 - Live 0xe1b2d000
agpgart 27624 2 via_agp, Live 0xe1b12000
evdev 7424 0 - Live 0xe1b0f000
bttv 143500 0 - Live 0xe1b50000

And here is from my lsmod:

Module                  Size  Used by
nfs                    95152  1 
vfat                   11840  0 
fat                    39104  1 vfat
isofs                  24132  0 
nfsd                   90312  8 
exportfs                4992  1 nfsd
lockd                  57864  3 nfs,nfsd
sunrpc                130404  6 nfs,nfsd,lockd
snd_via82xx            23684  0 
snd_mpu401_uart         6144  1 snd_via82xx
usbhid                 22464  0 
ehci_hcd               25860  0 
uhci_hcd               28944  0 
via_agp                 7040  1 
agpgart                27624  2 via_agp
evdev                   7424  0 
bttv                  143500  0 

> 'lsmod' really IS a trivial program.

Apparently, it's not. What kernel do you have?

Sybren
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capital punishment for stupidity, but why don't we just take the
safety labels off of everything and let the problem solve itself?

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