Hi guys, I've been thinking about implementing the "depends" configuration command for the next release.
I've written a small specification for it, that could go into the man-page for modprobe.d: -------- depends _modulename_ _dependency1_ _dependency2_ ... This command allows you to add one or more additional dependencies to a module. *modprobe* will attempt to insert them in order, from left to right, before dealing with _modulename_. If any dependency fails to install, *modprobe* will stop, unless it was already in the kernel or blacklisted. *modprobe* treats each module as if it had been specified on the command line. Thus, _modulename_ and any of the dependency names can be aliases and the dependencies can have their own *depends* commands. *modprobe* will stop if it finds a circular dependency. ------ Comments are very much welcomed. If you know of any useful synonyms for "dependency" that'd be neat too. It's not that this text is meant to be poetry, but some variety would be nice. :) Thanks, Andreas -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-modules" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
