The ws2_32.dll is needed by JingleThreadWrapper for WebRTC and Chromoting.

chrome/renderer/chrome_render_process_observer.cc

Index: chrome/renderer/chrome_render_process_observer.cc
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--- chrome/renderer/chrome_render_process_observer.cc	(revision 123304)
+++ chrome/renderer/chrome_render_process_observer.cc	(working copy)
@@ -222,6 +222,9 @@
   // Only load this library when the feature is enabled.
   std::string error;
   base::LoadNativeLibrary(FilePath(L"crypt32.dll"), &error);
+  // ws2_32.dll is used by JingleThreadWrapper for WebRTC and Chromoting.

[Sergey Ulanov, 2012/02/24 20:26:43]

nit: add an empty line above this comment.

[Ronghua Wu (Left Chromium), 2012/02/24 22:18:51]

Done.

+  // TODO(ronghuawu): Remove this once we can get rid of the WSACreateEvent.

[Sergey Ulanov, 2012/02/24 20:26:43]

May be better to explain that this is due to SocketServer dependency

[Ronghua Wu (Left Chromium), 2012/02/24 22:18:51]

Done.

+  base::LoadNativeLibrary(FilePath(L"ws2_32.dll"), &error);
 #endif
 
   // Note that under Linux, the media library will normally already have