1.\" Copyright (c) 2001 Alexander Langer 2.\" 3.\" All rights reserved. 4.\" 5.\" This program is free software. 6.\" 7.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 8.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions 9.\" are met: 10.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright 11.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. 12.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright 13.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the 14.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. 15.\" 16.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE DEVELOPERS ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR 17.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES 18.\" OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. 19.\" IN NO EVENT SHALL THE DEVELOPERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, 20.\" INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT 21.\" NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, 22.\" DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY 23.\" THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT 24.\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF 25.\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. 26.\" 27.\" $FreeBSD: src/share/man/man9/MODULE_DEPEND.9,v 1.1.2.3 2001/12/17 11:30:18 ru Exp $ 28.\" 29.Dd July 19, 2006 30.Dt MODULE_DEPEND 9 31.Os 32.Sh NAME 33.Nm MODULE_DEPEND 34.Nd set kernel module dependencies 35.Sh SYNOPSIS 36.In sys/module.h 37.Fn MODULE_DEPEND "name" "moddepend" "int minversion" "int prefversion" "int maxversion" 38.Sh DESCRIPTION 39The 40.Fn MODULE_DEPEND 41macro sets a dependency of the module called 42.Fa name 43on another kernel module 44.Fa moddepend , 45which has registered its version with 46.Fn MODULE_VERSION . 47Three versions must be specified on which the module can depend: 48The minimal and maximal versions this module can depend on as well 49as the preferred version. 50.Sh EXAMPLES 51.Bd -literal 52MODULE_DEPEND(foo, bar, 1, 3, 4); 53.Ed 54.Sh SEE ALSO 55.Xr DECLARE_MODULE 9 , 56.Xr module 9 , 57.Xr MODULE_VERSION 9 58.Sh AUTHORS 59.An -nosplit 60This manual page was written by 61.An Alexander Langer Aq Mt alex@FreeBSD.org . 62