MODULE_DEPEND(9)       FreeBSD 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
                      depend.

     maxversion       The maximum version on which the current module can
                      depend.

     prefversion      The preferred version on which the current module can
                      depend.

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 13.1-RELEASE-p6        January 11, 2005        FreeBSD 13.1-RELEASE-p6