modules(5) -- Linux man page
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/modules/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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