From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1423203AbWJYKUn (ORCPT ); Wed, 25 Oct 2006 06:20:43 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1423204AbWJYKUn (ORCPT ); Wed, 25 Oct 2006 06:20:43 -0400 Received: from attila.bofh.it ([213.92.8.2]:11978 "EHLO attila.bofh.it") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1423203AbWJYKUm (ORCPT ); Wed, 25 Oct 2006 06:20:42 -0400 Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2006 12:20:30 +0200 To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, debian-kernel@lists.debian.org Cc: Greg KH Subject: major 442 Message-ID: <20061025102030.GA5790@wonderland.linux.it> Mail-Followup-To: md@Linux.IT, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, debian-kernel@lists.debian.org, Greg KH MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) From: md@Linux.IT (Marco d'Itri) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 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 [...] -- ciao, Marco