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   6  .TH "MODULES.DEP" "5" "13 October 2008" "" ""
   7  
   8  .SH NAME
   9  modules.dep \- List of module dependencies
  10  .SH "DESCRIPTION"
  11  .PP
  12  The \fImodules.dep\fR as generated by
  13  module-init-tools \fBdepmod\fR, lists the
  14  dependencies for every module in the directories under
  15  \fI/lib/modules/\fR\fIversion\fR,
  16  where \fImodules.dep\fR is.
  17  .PP
  18  Blank lines, and lines starting with a '#' (ignoring spaces) are
  19  ignored.  Other lines are of the form "filename: [filename]*",
  20  listing the complete dependencies for the first filename in
  21  descending order.
  22  .PP
  23  For example, if
  24  \fI/lib/modules/2.5.53/kernel/a.ko\fR depended on
  25  \fIb.ko\fR and \fIc.ko\fR in the
  26  same directory, and \fIc.ko\fR depended on
  27  \fIb.ko\fR as well, the file might look like:
  28  
  29  .nf
  30  # This is a comment.
  31  /lib/modules/2.5.53/kernel/a.ko: /lib/modules/2.5.53/kernel/c.ko /lib/modules/2.5.53/kernel/b.ko
  32  /lib/modules/2.5.53/kernel/b.ko:
  33  /lib/modules/2.5.53/kernel/c.ko: /lib/modules/2.5.53/kernel/b.ko
  34      
  35  .fi
  36  .PP
  37  This file is used by \fBmodprobe\fR to know the
  38  order to load modules (they are loaded right to left, and
  39  removed left to right).
  40  .SH "COPYRIGHT"
  41  .PP
  42  This manual page Copyright 2002, Rusty Russell, IBM Corporation.
  43  .SH "SEE ALSO"
  44  .PP
  45  \fBmodprobe\fR(8)