MODULES.DEP(5) modules.dep MODULES.DEP(5)
NAME
modules.dep, modules.dep.bin - Module dependency information
SYNOPSIS
/lib/modules/modules.dep
/lib/modules/modules.dep.bin
DESCRIPTION
modules.dep.bin is a binary file generated by depmod listing the depen-
dencies for every module in the directories under /lib/modules/version.
It is used by kmod tools such as modprobe and libkmod.
Its text counterpart is located in the same directory with the name mod-
ules.dep. The text version is maintained only for ease of reading by hu-
mans and is in no way used by any kmod tool.
These files are not intended for editing or use by any additional utili-
ties as their format is subject to change in the future. You should use
the modinfo(8) command to obtain information about modules in a future
proof and compatible fashion rather than touching these files.
COPYRIGHT
This manual page originally Copyright 2002, Rusty Russell, IBM Corpora-
tion.
SEE ALSO
depmod(8), modprobe(8)
BUGS
Please direct any bug reports to kmod's issue tracker at
https://github.com/kmod-project/kmod/issues/ alongside with version
used, steps to reproduce the problem and the expected outcome.
AUTHORS
Numerous contributions have come from the linux-modules mailing list
<linux-modules@vger.kernel.org> and Github. If you have a clone of
kmod.git itself, the output of git-shortlog(1) and git-blame(1) can show
you the authors for specific parts of the project.
Lucas De Marchi <lucas.de.marchi@gmail.com> is the current maintainer of
the project.
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