--- a/alsasound	2009-04-05 15:31:43.000000000 +0400
+++ b/alsasound	2009-04-05 15:52:29.000000000 +0400
@@ -90,31 +90,30 @@
 	rmmod gameport 2>/dev/null
 
 	lsmod | grep -vq '^snd'
 }
 
-unload_modules_recursive() {
-	local revdeps="$(lsmod | sed -n -e "s/,/ /g" -e "s/^$1 *[0-9]* *[0-9]* \(.*\)/\1/p")"
+unload_modules_topsort() {
+	#Load the module with the least reverse dependency number--that will be zero
+	local victim=""
+	while { victim="$(lsmod | sort --key=3 --numeric-sort | sed -n -e '/^snd/{s/^\(snd[^ ]*\) *[0-9]* *\([0-9]*\).*/\1 \2/p;q}')"; [[ -n "$victim" ]] ; } ; do
+		local modname=$(echo "$victim" | cut -d ' ' -f 1)
+		local rdepnum=$(echo "$victim" | cut -d ' ' -f 2)
+		if (( $rdepnum != 0 )) ; then
+			ewarn "WARNING: can't rmmod $modname.  Some modules are not unloaded!"
+			return
+		fi
 
-	for module in ${revdeps} ; do
-		unload_modules_recursive "${module}"
+		vebegin "Unloading: $modname"
+		rmmod --wait "$modname"
+		veend $?
 	done
-
-	vebegin "Unloading: $1"
-	rmmod --wait "$1"
-	veend $?
 }
 
 unload_modules_26() {
-	# First of all, remove the snd module and all the modules depending
-	# on it, this should remove already most of ALSA modules.
-	lsmod | grep -q "^snd[[:space:]]" && unload_modules_recursive snd
-
-	# Then find the remaining ones, and handle them too.
-	for module in $(lsmod | sed -n -e 's/^\(snd[^ ]*\) .*/\1/p'); do
-		unload_modules_recursive "${module}"
-	done
+	# Remove all snd* modules
+	unload_modules_topsort
 
 	lsmod | grep -vq "^snd"
 }
 
 terminate() {