Created attachment 597 [details]
Sample modules.dep

modprobe don't ignore tabulation symbols in modules.dep for a list of dependent modules. Symptoms:
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$ modprobe audio                                                              
modprobe: failed to load module soundcore: Operation not permitted
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Key part of strace output:
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...
close(4)                                = 0
uname({sys="Linux", node="€O", ...})    = 0
open("\t/opt/lib/modules/2.4.37.4/kernel/drivers/sound/soundcore.o", O_RDONLY|O_LARGEFILE) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
ioctl(2147483647, TIOCNXCL, 0x7fff7930) = -1 EBADF (Bad file descriptor)
brk(0x4fc000)                           = 0x4fc000
write(2, "modprobe: failed to load module s"..., 67modprobe: failed to load module soundcore: Operation not permitted
) = 67
exit(0)                                 = ?
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modules.dep was generated by examples/depmod.pl from busybox distribution. 

Target platform is MIPS32
Target kernel is 2.4.37.4
Target uClibc is 0.9.29