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$FreeBSD: releng/10.3/share/man/man9/MODULE_DEPEND.9 140082 2005-01-11 20:56:03Z simon $
.Dd January 11, 2005 .Dt MODULE_DEPEND 9 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm MODULE_DEPEND .Nd set kernel module dependencies .Sh SYNOPSIS n sys/param.h n sys/module.h .Fn MODULE_DEPEND "name" "moddepend" "int minversion" "int prefversion" "int maxversion" .Sh DESCRIPTION The .Fn MODULE_DEPEND macro sets a dependency on another kernel module with name .Fa moddepend , which has registered its version with .Fn MODULE_VERSION .
p The .Fn MODULE_DEPEND macro provides hints to the kernel .Xr loader 8 and to the kernel linker to ensure that the named dependency is loaded prior to the existing module. It does not change or dictate the order in which modules are initialized at runtime.
p Three versions must be specified for .Fa moddepend : l -tag -width ".Fa prefversion" t Fa minversion The minimum version on which the current module can depend. t Fa maxversion The maximum version on which the current module can depend. t Fa prefversion The preferred version on which the current module can depend. .El .Sh EXAMPLES d -literal MODULE_DEPEND(foo, bar, 1, 3, 4); .Ed .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr DECLARE_MODULE 9 , .Xr module 9 , .Xr MODULE_VERSION 9 .Sh AUTHORS .An -nosplit This manual page was written by .An Alexander Langer Aq alex@FreeBSD.org .