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MODULE_DEPEND(9)	   Kernel Developer's Manual	      MODULE_DEPEND(9)

NAME
       MODULE_DEPEND --	set kernel module dependencies

SYNOPSIS
       #include	<sys/param.h>
       #include	<sys/module.h>

       MODULE_DEPEND(name,   moddepend,	  int	minversion,  int  prefversion,
	   int maxversion);

DESCRIPTION
       The MODULE_DEPEND() macro sets a	dependency on  another	kernel	module
       with   name   moddepend,	  which	  has	registered  its	 version  with
       MODULE_VERSION().

       The MODULE_DEPEND() macro provides hints	to the kernel loader(8)	and to
       the kernel linker to ensure that	the named dependency is	 loaded	 prior
       to  the	existing  module.   It does not	change or dictate the order in
       which modules are initialized at	runtime.

       Three versions must be specified	for moddepend:

       minversion   The	minimum	version	on which the current  module  can  de-
		    pend.

       maxversion   The	 maximum  version  on which the	current	module can de-
		    pend.

       prefversion  The	preferred version on which the current module can  de-
		    pend.

EXAMPLES
       MODULE_DEPEND(foo, bar, 1, 3, 4);

SEE ALSO
       DECLARE_MODULE(9), module(9), MODULE_VERSION(9)

AUTHORS
       This manual page	was written by Alexander Langer	<alex@FreeBSD.org>.

FreeBSD	15.0		       January 11, 2005		      MODULE_DEPEND(9)

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