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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