1.\" -*- nroff -*- 2.\" 3.\" Copyright (c) 2001 Alexander Langer 4.\" 5.\" All rights reserved. 6.\" 7.\" This program is free software. 8.\" 9.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 10.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions 11.\" are met: 12.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright 13.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. 14.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright 15.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the 16.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. 17.\" 18.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE DEVELOPERS ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR 19.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES 20.\" OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. 21.\" IN NO EVENT SHALL THE DEVELOPERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, 22.\" INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT 23.\" NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, 24.\" DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY 25.\" THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT 26.\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF 27.\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. 28.\" 29.\" $FreeBSD: src/share/man/man9/MODULE_DEPEND.9,v 1.1.2.3 2001/12/17 11:30:18 ru Exp $ 30.\" 31.Dd March 11, 2001 32.Dt MODULE_DEPEND 9 33.Os 34.Sh NAME 35.Nm MODULE_DEPEND 36.Nd set kernel module dependencies 37.Sh SYNOPSIS 38.In sys/module.h 39.Fn MODULE_DEPEND "name" "moddepend" "int minversion" "int prefversion" "int maxversion" 40.Sh DESCRIPTION 41The 42.Fn MODULE_DEPEND 43macro sets a dependency on another kernel module with name 44.Fa moddepend , 45which has been registered 46its version with 47.Fn MODULE_VERSION . 48Three versions must be specified on which the module can depend: 49The minimal and maximal versions this module can depend on as well 50as the preferred version. 51.Sh EXAMPLES 52.Bd -literal 53MODULE_DEPEND(foo, bar, 1, 3, 4); 54.Ed 55.Sh SEE ALSO 56.Xr DECLARE_MODULE 9 , 57.Xr module 9 , 58.Xr MODULE_VERSION 9 59.Sh AUTHORS 60.An -nosplit 61This manual page was written by 62.An Alexander Langer Aq alex@FreeBSD.org . 63