Re: lsmod q

[Andrew Perrin <clists@perrin.socsci.unc.edu>]

On Fri, 15 Sep 2006, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote:

> Hi,
>
> lsmod shows, in part:
>
> ...
> usbcore                95296  5 usbhid,ehci_hcd,uhci_hcd
> ...
>
> Is there a way to find out who the other 2 users are, besides usbhid,ehci_hcd 
> and uhci_hcd?
>
> When I do a rmmod on those, they go away but usbcore refuses to be removed 
> because the use count is not 0. Who is using it?


I *think* it means there's a userspace utility using it -- that is, the 
module is being used by the system. But I wouldn't swear to it.

ap

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