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  13   <refentryinfo>
  14     <address>
  15       <email>rusty@rustcorp.com.au</email>
  16     </address>
  17     <author>
  18       <firstname>Rusty</firstname>
  19       <surname>Russell</surname>
  20     </author>
  21     <date>2002-12-27</date>
  22   </refentryinfo>
  23   <refmeta>
  24     <refentrytitle>modules.dep</refentrytitle>
  25     <manvolnum>5</manvolnum>
  26   </refmeta>
  27   <refnamediv>
  28     <refname>modules.dep</refname> <refpurpose>List of module dependencies</refpurpose>
  29   </refnamediv>
  30   <refsect1>
  31     <title>DESCRIPTION</title>
  32
  33     <para>
  34       The <filename>modules.dep</filename> as generated by
  35       module-init-tools <command>depmod</command>, lists the
  36       dependencies for every module in the directories under
  37       <filename>/lib/modules/</filename><replaceable>version</replaceable>,
  38       where <filename>modules.dep</filename> is.
  39     </para>
  40     <para>
  41       Blank lines, and lines starting with a '#' (ignoring spaces) are
  42       ignored.  Other lines are of the form "filename: [filename]*",
  43       listing the complete dependencies for the first filename in
  44       descending order.
  45     </para>
  46     <para>
  47       For example, if
  48       <filename>/lib/modules/2.5.53/kernel/a.ko</filename> depended on
  49       <filename>b.ko</filename> and <filename>c.ko</filename> in the
  50       same directory, and <filename>c.ko</filename> depended on
  51       <filename>b.ko</filename> as well, the file might look like:
  52     </para>
  53     <screen>
  54 # This is a comment.
  55 /lib/modules/2.5.53/kernel/a.ko: /lib/modules/2.5.53/kernel/c.ko /lib/modules/2.5.53/kernel/b.ko
  56 /lib/modules/2.5.53/kernel/b.ko:
  57 /lib/modules/2.5.53/kernel/c.ko: /lib/modules/2.5.53/kernel/b.ko
  58     </screen>
  59     <para>
  60       This file is used by <command>modprobe</command> to know the
  61       order to load modules (they are loaded right to left, and
  62       removed left to right).
  63     </para>
  64   </refsect1>
  65   <refsect1>
  66     <title>COPYRIGHT</title>
  67     <para>
  68       This manual page Copyright 2002, Rusty Russell, IBM Corporation.
  69     </para>
  70   </refsect1>
  71   <refsect1>
  72     <title>SEE ALSO</title>
  73
  74     <para>
  75       <citerefentry>
  76         <refentrytitle>modprobe</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
  77       </citerefentry>
  78     </para>
  79   </refsect1>
  80 </refentry>
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