I'm seeing strange inter-module dependencies with 2.3.31 (and some previous
versions). For instance, I've just loaded many modules, and /proc/modules
contains:
slip 10572 0 (unused)
bsd_comp 4912 0 (unused)
ppp_deflate 45872 0 (unused)
ppp_async 9872 0 (unused)
ppp_generic 14940 0 [bsd_comp ppp_deflate ppp_async]
uart401 7160 0 (unused)
nwflash 4644 0 (unused)
video-cyberpro 9984 0 (unused)
saa7111 2696 1
i2c 4980 2 [video-cyberpro saa7111]
tulip 37028 0 (unused)
waveartist 14772 0 [slip bsd_comp ppp_deflate ppp_async ppp_generic uart401 nwflash video
-cyberpro saa7111 i2c tulip]
sound 71564 0 [uart401 waveartist]
soundcore 3504 5 [sound]
I can guarantee that waveartist is not depended on by bsd_comp, ppp_deflate,
uart401, nwflash, video-cyberpro, or any of the others, but insmod/the kernel
believes that it is.
Versions of various packages:
modutils: 2.3.6
binutils: 2.9.5.0.16
gcc: 2.7.2.2 (good for ARM)
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