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.\" $DragonFly: src/share/man/man9/MODULE_DEPEND.9,v 1.4 2006/07/19 07:49:21 swildner Exp $ 29.\" 30.Dd July 19, 2006 31.Dt MODULE_DEPEND 9 32.Os 33.Sh NAME 34.Nm MODULE_DEPEND 35.Nd set kernel module dependencies 36.Sh SYNOPSIS 37.In sys/module.h 38.Fn MODULE_DEPEND "name" "moddepend" "int minversion" "int prefversion" "int maxversion" 39.Sh DESCRIPTION 40The 41.Fn MODULE_DEPEND 42macro sets a dependency of the module called 43.Fa name 44on another kernel module 45.Fa moddepend , 46which has registered its 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