modules.dep

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modules.dep(5)						       modules.dep(5)



NAME
       modules.dep — List of module dependencies

DESCRIPTION
       The  modules.dep	 as  generated by module-init-tools depmod, lists the
       dependencies for every  module  in  the	directories  under  /lib/mod-
       ules/version, where modules.dep is.


       Blank  lines,  and  lines  starting  with  a ’#’ (ignoring spaces) are
       ignored.	 Other lines are of the form "filename: [filename]*", listing
       the  complete dependencies for the first filename in descending order.


       For example, if /lib/modules/2.5.53/kernel/a.ko depended on  b.ko  and
       c.ko  in	 the  same  directory, and c.ko depended on b.ko as well, the
       file might look like:


       # This is a comment.
       /lib/modules/2.5.53/kernel/a.ko: /lib/modules/2.5.53/kernel/c.ko /lib/modules/2.5.53/kernel/b.ko
       /lib/modules/2.5.53/kernel/b.ko:
       /lib/modules/2.5.53/kernel/c.ko: /lib/modules/2.5.53/kernel/b.ko


       This file is used by modprobe to know the order to load modules	(they
       are loaded right to left, and removed left to right).


COPYRIGHT
       This manual page Copyright 2002, Rusty Russell, IBM Corporation.


SEE ALSO
       modprobe(8)



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