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.Dd March 11, 2001 .Dt MODULE_DEPEND 9 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm MODULE_DEPEND .Nd set kernel module dependencies .Sh SYNOPSIS .Fd #include <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 been registered its version with .Fn MODULE_VERSION . Three versions must be specified on which the module can depend: The minimal and maximal versions this module can depend on as well as the preferred version. .Sh EXAMPLES d -literal MODULE_DEPEND(foo, bar, 1, 3, 4); .Ed .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr DECLARE_MODULE 9 , .Xr MODULE_VERSION 9 , .Xr module 9 .Sh AUTHORS .An -nosplit This manual page was written by .An Alexander Langer Aq alex@FreeBSD.org .