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NAME

6       modules.dep - List of module dependencies
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DESCRIPTION

9       The  modules.dep  as  generated  by module-init-tools depmod, lists the
10       dependencies for  every  module  in  the  directories  under  /lib/mod‐
11       ules/version, where modules.dep is.
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13       Blank  lines,  and  lines  starting  with  a  '#' (ignoring spaces) are
14       ignored.  Other lines are of the form "filename: [filename]*",  listing
15       the complete dependencies for the first filename in descending order.
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17       For  example,  if  /lib/modules/2.5.53/kernel/a.ko depended on b.ko and
18       c.ko in the same directory, and c.ko depended on b.ko as well, the file
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21       # This is a comment.
22       /lib/modules/2.5.53/kernel/a.ko: /lib/modules/2.5.53/kernel/c.ko /lib/modules/2.5.53/kernel/b.ko
23       /lib/modules/2.5.53/kernel/b.ko:
24       /lib/modules/2.5.53/kernel/c.ko: /lib/modules/2.5.53/kernel/b.ko
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27       This  file  is used by modprobe to know the order to load modules (they
28       are loaded right to left, and removed left to right).
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31       This manual page Copyright 2002, Rusty Russell, IBM Corporation.
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SEE ALSO

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