MODULES.DEP(5) modules.dep MODULES.DEP(5)

modules.dep, modules.dep.bin - Module dependency information

/lib/modules/modules.dep

/lib/modules/modules.dep.bin

modules.dep.bin is a binary file generated by depmod listing the dependencies 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 modules.dep. The text version is maintained only for easy of reading by humans and is in no way used by any kmod tool.

These files are not intended for editing or use by any additional utilities 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.

This manual page originally Copyright 2002, Rusty Russell, IBM Corporation.

depmod(8), modprobe(8)

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.

2024-08-26 kmod