major 442

[md@Linux.IT (Marco d'Itri)]

I just installed the Debian 2.6.18 kernel package and I noticed that it
repeatedly tries to load a major 442 module alias, which appears to be
used by the usb_endpoint devices.
Does anybody know why? I am not even using the USB ports.

md@bongo:~$uname -a
Linux bongo 2.6.18-1-686 #1 SMP Sat Oct 21 17:21:28 UTC 2006 i686 GNU/Linux
md@bongo:~$while sleep 0.1; do ps axf|grep modprob[e]; done
 6424 ?        R<     0:00      \_ /sbin/modprobe -q -- char_major_442_2049
 6429 ?        R<     0:00      \_ /sbin/modprobe -q -- char_major_442_2049
 6438 ?        R<     0:00      \_ /sbin/modprobe -q -- char_major_442
 6447 ?        R<     0:00      \_ /sbin/modprobe -q -- char_major_442_2048
 6460 ?        R<     0:00      \_ /sbin/modprobe -q -- char_major_442
 6473 ?        R<     0:00      \_ /sbin/modprobe -q -- char_major_442_8192
 6487 ?        R<     0:00      \_ /sbin/modprobe -q -- char_major_442
 6500 ?        R<     0:00      \_ /sbin/modprobe -q -- char_major_442_0
 6517 ?        R<     0:00      \_ /sbin/modprobe -q -- char_major_442
 6557 ?        R<     0:00      \_ /sbin/modprobe -q -- char_major_442_4096
 6562 ?        R<     0:00      \_ /sbin/modprobe -q -- char_major_442_4096
 6571 ?        R<     0:00      \_ /sbin/modprobe -q -- char_major_442
 6582 ?        R<     0:00      \_ /sbin/modprobe -q -- char_major_442
 6595 ?        R<     0:00      \_ /sbin/modprobe -q -- char_major_442_2051
[...]

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ciao,
Marco