diff --git a/modutils/modprobe.c b/modutils/modprobe.c
index 2f797ec4a..b13b9b04f 100644
--- a/modutils/modprobe.c
+++ b/modutils/modprobe.c
@@ -3,11 +3,12 @@
  * really dumb modprobe implementation for busybox
  * Copyright (C) 2001 Lineo, davidm@lineo.com
  *
- * CONFIG_MODPROBE_DEPEND stuff was added and is
- * Copyright (C) 2002 Robert Griebl, griebl@gmx.de
+ * dependency specific stuff completly rewritten and
+ * copyright (c) 2002 by Robert Griebl, griebl@gmx.de
  *
  */
 
+#include <sys/utsname.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <getopt.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
@@ -17,22 +18,27 @@
 #include <ctype.h>
 #include "busybox.h"
 
-static char cmd[128];
 
-#define CONFIG_MODPROBE_DEPEND
-
-#ifdef CONFIG_MODPROBE_DEPEND
-
-#include <sys/utsname.h>
 
 struct dep_t {
 	char *  m_module;
+	
 	int     m_depcnt;
 	char ** m_deparr;
 	
 	struct dep_t * m_next;
 };
 
+struct mod_list_t {
+	char *  m_module;
+	
+	struct mod_list_t * m_prev;
+	struct mod_list_t * m_next;
+};
+
+
+static struct dep_t *depend = 0;
+
 
 static struct dep_t *build_dep ( void )
 {
@@ -99,7 +105,7 @@ static struct dep_t *build_dep ( void )
 				current-> m_module = mod;
 				current-> m_depcnt = 0;
 				current-> m_deparr = 0;
-				current-> m_next = 0;
+				current-> m_next   = 0;
 						
 				//printf ( "%s:\n", mod );
 						
@@ -154,70 +160,142 @@ static struct dep_t *build_dep ( void )
 }
 
 
-static struct dep_t *find_dep ( struct dep_t *dt, char *mod )
+static int mod_process ( struct mod_list_t *list, int do_insert, int autoclean, int quiet, int do_syslog, int show_only, int verbose )
 {
-	int lm = xstrlen ( mod );
-	int extpos = 0;
+	char lcmd [256];
+	int rc = 0;
 
-	if (( mod [lm-2] == '.' ) && ( mod [lm-1] == 'o' ))
-		extpos = 2;
+	if ( !list )
+		return 1;
 
-	if ( extpos > 0 )	
-		mod [lm - extpos] = 0;
-
-	while ( dt ) {
-		if ( !strcmp ( dt-> m_module, mod ))
-			break;
-
-		dt = dt-> m_next;
+	while ( list ) {
+		if ( do_insert )
+			snprintf ( lcmd, sizeof( lcmd ) - 1, "insmod %s %s %s %s 2>/dev/null", do_syslog ? "-s" : "", autoclean ? "-k" : "", quiet ? "-q" : "", list-> m_module );
+		else
+			snprintf ( lcmd, sizeof( lcmd ) - 1, "rmmod %s %s 2>/dev/null", do_syslog ? "-s" : "", list-> m_module );
+		
+		if ( verbose )
+			printf ( "%s\n", lcmd );
+		if ( !show_only )
+			rc |= system ( lcmd );
+			
+		list = do_insert ? list-> m_prev : list-> m_next;
 	}
-	if ( extpos > 0 )
-		mod [lm - extpos] = '.';
-
-	return dt;
+	return rc;
 }
 
-#define MODPROBE_EXECUTE	0x1
-#define MODPROBE_INSERT		0x2
-#define MODPROBE_REMOVE		0x4
-
-static void check_dep ( char *mod, int do_syslog, 
-		int show_only, int verbose, int flags )
+static void check_dep ( char *mod, struct mod_list_t **head, struct mod_list_t **tail )
 {
-	static struct dep_t *depend = (struct dep_t *) -1;	
+	struct mod_list_t *find;
 	struct dep_t *dt;
-	
-	if ( depend == (struct dep_t *) -1 )
-		depend = build_dep ( );
-	
-	if (( dt = find_dep ( depend, mod ))) {
-		int i;
-			
-		for ( i = 0; i < dt-> m_depcnt; i++ ) 
-			check_dep ( dt-> m_deparr [i], do_syslog, 
-					show_only, verbose, flags|MODPROBE_EXECUTE);
-	}
-	if ( flags & MODPROBE_EXECUTE ) {
-		char lcmd [256];
-		if ( flags & MODPROBE_INSERT ) {
-			snprintf(lcmd, sizeof(lcmd)-1, "insmod %s -q -k %s 2>/dev/null", 
-					do_syslog ? "-s" : "", mod );
-		}
-		if ( flags & MODPROBE_REMOVE ) {
-			snprintf(lcmd, sizeof(lcmd)-1, "insmod %s -q -k %s 2>/dev/null", 
-					do_syslog ? "-s" : "", mod );
-		}
-		if ( flags & (MODPROBE_REMOVE|MODPROBE_INSERT) ) {
-			if (verbose)
-				printf("%s\n", lcmd);
-			if (!show_only)
-				system ( lcmd );
-		}
-	}
-}	
 
-#endif
+	int lm;
+
+	// remove .o extension
+	lm = xstrlen ( mod );
+	if (( mod [lm-2] == '.' ) && ( mod [lm-1] == 'o' ))
+		mod [lm-2] = 0;
+
+	//printf ( "check_dep: %s\n", mod );
+
+	// search for duplicates
+	for ( find = *head; find; find = find-> m_next ) {
+		if ( !strcmp ( mod, find-> m_module )) {
+			// found -> dequeue it
+
+			if ( find-> m_prev )
+				find-> m_prev-> m_next = find-> m_next;
+			else
+				*head = find-> m_next;
+					
+			if ( find-> m_next )
+				find-> m_next-> m_prev = find-> m_prev;
+			else
+				*tail = find-> m_prev;
+					
+			//printf ( "DUP\n" );
+					
+			break; // there can be only one duplicate
+		}				
+	}
+
+	if ( !find ) { // did not find a duplicate
+		find = (struct mod_list_t *) xmalloc ( sizeof(struct mod_list_t));		
+		find-> m_module = mod;
+	}
+
+	// enqueue at tail	
+	if ( *tail )
+		(*tail)-> m_next = find;
+	find-> m_prev   = *tail;
+	find-> m_next   = 0;
+	
+	if ( !*head )
+		*head = find;
+	*tail = find;
 		
+	// check dependencies
+	for ( dt = depend; dt; dt = dt-> m_next ) {
+		if ( !strcmp ( dt-> m_module, mod )) {
+			int i;
+			
+			for ( i = 0; i < dt-> m_depcnt; i++ )
+				check_dep ( dt-> m_deparr [i], head, tail );
+		}
+	}		
+}
+
+
+
+static int mod_insert ( char *mod, int argc, char **argv, int autoclean, int quiet, int do_syslog, int show_only, int verbose )
+{
+	struct mod_list_t *tail = 0;
+	struct mod_list_t *head = 0; 	
+	int rc = 0;
+	
+	// get dep list for module mod
+	check_dep ( mod, &head, &tail );
+	
+	if ( head && tail ) {
+		int i;
+	
+		// append module args
+		head-> m_module = xmalloc ( 256 );
+		strcpy ( head-> m_module, mod );
+		
+		for ( i = 0; i < argc; i++ ) {
+			strcat ( head-> m_module, " " );
+			strcat ( head-> m_module, argv [i] );
+		}
+
+		// process tail ---> head
+		rc |= mod_process ( tail, 1, autoclean, quiet, do_syslog, show_only, verbose );
+	}
+	else
+		rc = 1;
+	
+	return rc;
+}
+
+static void mod_remove ( char *mod, int do_syslog, int show_only, int verbose )
+{
+	static struct mod_list_t rm_a_dummy = { "-a", 0, 0 }; 
+	
+	struct mod_list_t *head = 0;
+	struct mod_list_t *tail = 0;
+	
+	if ( mod )
+		check_dep ( mod, &head, &tail );
+	else  // autoclean
+		head = tail = &rm_a_dummy;
+	
+	if ( head && tail ) {
+		// process head ---> tail
+		mod_process ( head, 0, 0, 0, do_syslog, show_only, verbose );
+	}
+}
+
+
 
 extern int modprobe_main(int argc, char** argv)
 {
@@ -281,24 +359,18 @@ extern int modprobe_main(int argc, char** argv)
 	if (list)
 		exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
 	
+	depend = build_dep ( );	
+
+	if ( !depend ) {
+		fprintf (stderr, "could not parse modules.dep\n" );
+		exit (EXIT_FAILURE);
+	}
+	
 	if (remove_opt) {
 		do {
-			sprintf(cmd, "rmmod %s %s %s",
-					optind >= argc ? "-a" : "",
-					do_syslog ? "-s" : "",
-					optind < argc ? argv[optind] : "");
-			if (do_syslog)
-				syslog(LOG_INFO, "%s", cmd);
-			if (verbose)
-				printf("%s\n", cmd);
-			if (!show_only)
-				rc = system(cmd);
-				
-#ifdef CONFIG_MODPROBE_DEPEND
-			if ( optind < argc )
-				check_dep ( argv [optind], do_syslog, show_only, verbose, MODPROBE_REMOVE);
-#endif				
-		} while (++optind < argc);
+			mod_remove ( optind < argc ? argv [optind] : 0, do_syslog, show_only, verbose );
+		} while ( ++optind < argc );
+		
 		exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
 	}
 
@@ -306,29 +378,8 @@ extern int modprobe_main(int argc, char** argv)
 		fprintf(stderr, "No module or pattern provided\n");
 		exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
 	}
-
-	sprintf(cmd, "insmod %s %s %s",
-			do_syslog ? "-s" : "",
-			quiet ? "-q" : "",
-			autoclean ? "-k" : "");
-
-#ifdef CONFIG_MODPROBE_DEPEND
-	check_dep ( argv [optind], do_syslog, show_only, verbose, MODPROBE_INSERT);
-#endif
-
-	while (optind < argc) {
-		strcat(cmd, " ");
-		strcat(cmd, argv[optind]);
-		optind++;
-	}
-	if (do_syslog)
-		syslog(LOG_INFO, "%s", cmd);
-	if (verbose)
-		printf("%s\n", cmd);
-	if (!show_only)
-		rc = system(cmd);
-	else
-		rc = 0;
+	
+	rc = mod_insert ( argv [optind], argc - optind - 1, argv + optind + 1, autoclean, quiet, do_syslog, show_only, verbose );
 
 	exit(rc ? EXIT_FAILURE : EXIT_SUCCESS);
 }