diff -urpN busybox-1.14.1/modutils/modprobe.c busybox-1.14.1-modprobe/modutils/modprobe.c
--- busybox-1.14.1/modutils/modprobe.c	2009-05-27 18:01:37.000000000 +0200
+++ busybox-1.14.1-modprobe/modutils/modprobe.c	2009-06-04 19:01:04.000000000 +0200
@@ -8,12 +8,17 @@
  * Licensed under GPLv2 or later, see file LICENSE in this tarball for details.
  */
 
+/* Note that unlike older versions of modules.dep/depmod (busybox and m-i-t),
+ * we expect the full dependency list to be specified in modules.dep.  Older
+ * versions would only export the direct dependency list.
+ */
+
 #include "libbb.h"
 #include "modutils.h"
 #include <sys/utsname.h>
 #include <fnmatch.h>
 
-//#define DBG(...) bb_error_msg(__VA_ARGS__)
+//#define DBG(fmt, ...) bb_error_msg("%s: " fmt, __func__, ## __VA_ARGS__)
 #define DBG(...) ((void)0)
 
 #define MODULE_FLAG_LOADED		0x0001
@@ -116,6 +121,7 @@ static void add_probe(const char *name)
 		return;
 	}
 
+	DBG("queuing %s", name);
 	m->probed_name = name;
 	m->flags |= MODULE_FLAG_NEED_DEPS;
 	llist_add_to_end(&G.probes, m);
@@ -205,9 +211,10 @@ static int read_config(const char *path)
 
 static int do_modprobe(struct module_entry *m)
 {
-	struct module_entry *m2;
+	struct module_entry *m2 = m2; /* for compiler */
 	char *fn, *options;
-	int rc = -1;
+	int rc, first;
+	llist_t *l;
 
 	if (!(m->flags & MODULE_FLAG_FOUND_IN_MODDEP)) {
 		DBG("skipping %s, not found in modules.dep", m->modname);
@@ -218,13 +225,25 @@ static int do_modprobe(struct module_ent
 	if (!(option_mask32 & MODPROBE_OPT_REMOVE))
 		m->deps = llist_rev(m->deps);
 
+	for (l = m->deps; l != NULL; l = l->link)
+		DBG("dep: %s", l->data);
+
+	first = 1;
 	rc = 0;
 	while (m->deps && rc == 0) {
 		fn = llist_pop(&m->deps);
 		m2 = get_or_add_modentry(fn);
 		if (option_mask32 & MODPROBE_OPT_REMOVE) {
-			if (bb_delete_module(m->modname, O_EXCL) != 0)
-				rc = errno;
+			if (m2->flags & MODULE_FLAG_LOADED) {
+				if (bb_delete_module(m2->modname, O_EXCL) != 0) {
+					if (first)
+						rc = errno;
+				} else {
+					m2->flags &= ~MODULE_FLAG_LOADED;
+				}
+			}
+			/* do not error out if *deps* fail to unload */
+			first = 0;
 		} else if (!(m2->flags & MODULE_FLAG_LOADED)) {
 			options = m2->options;
 			m2->options = NULL;
@@ -242,11 +261,10 @@ static int do_modprobe(struct module_ent
 		free(fn);
 	}
 
-//FIXME: what if rc < 0?
-	if (rc > 0 && !(option_mask32 & INSMOD_OPT_SILENT)) {
+	if (rc && !(option_mask32 & INSMOD_OPT_SILENT)) {
 		bb_error_msg("failed to %sload module %s: %s",
 			(option_mask32 & MODPROBE_OPT_REMOVE) ? "un" : "",
-			m->probed_name ? m->probed_name : m->modname,
+			m2->probed_name ? m2->probed_name : m2->modname,
 			moderror(rc)
 		);
 	}
@@ -294,7 +312,8 @@ static void load_modules_dep(void)
 			llist_add_to(&m->deps, xstrdup(tokens[0]));
 			if (tokens[1])
 				string_to_llist(tokens[1], &m->deps, " ");
-		}
+		} else
+			DBG("skipping dep line");
 	}
 	config_close(p);
 }
@@ -344,10 +363,12 @@ int modprobe_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM,
 	if (opt & (MODPROBE_OPT_INSERT_ALL | MODPROBE_OPT_REMOVE)) {
 		/* Each argument is a module name */
 		do {
+			DBG("adding module %s", *argv);
 			add_probe(*argv++);
 		} while (*argv);
 	} else {
 		/* First argument is module name, rest are parameters */
+		DBG("probing just module %s", *argv);
 		add_probe(argv[0]);
 		G.cmdline_mopts = parse_cmdline_module_options(argv);
 	}
diff -urpN busybox-1.14.1/modutils/modprobe-small.c busybox-1.14.1-modprobe/modutils/modprobe-small.c
--- busybox-1.14.1/modutils/modprobe-small.c	2009-05-27 18:00:23.000000000 +0200
+++ busybox-1.14.1-modprobe/modutils/modprobe-small.c	2009-06-04 19:01:28.000000000 +0200
@@ -656,7 +656,7 @@ depmod -[aA] [-n -e -v -q -V -r -u]
       [-b basedirectory] [forced_version]
 depmod [-n -e -v -q -r -u] [-F kernelsyms] module1.ko module2.ko ...
 If no arguments (except options) are given, "depmod -a" is assumed.
-depmod will output a dependancy list suitable for the modprobe utility.
+depmod will output a dependency list suitable for the modprobe utility.
 Options:
     -a, --all           Probe all modules
     -A, --quick         Only does the work if there's a new module
diff -urpN busybox-1.14.1/modutils/modutils.c busybox-1.14.1-modprobe/modutils/modutils.c
--- busybox-1.14.1/modutils/modutils.c	2009-05-27 18:00:23.000000000 +0200
+++ busybox-1.14.1-modprobe/modutils/modutils.c	2009-06-03 12:50:48.000000000 +0200
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ char * FAST_FUNC filename2modname(const 
 	from = bb_get_last_path_component_nostrip(filename);
 	for (i = 0; i < (MODULE_NAME_LEN-1) && from[i] != '\0' && from[i] != '.'; i++)
 		modname[i] = (from[i] == '-') ? '_' : from[i];
-	modname[i] = 0;
+	modname[i] = '\0';
 
 	return modname;
 }