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authorAndreas Robinson <andr345@gmail.com>2013-08-20 15:33:19 +0930
committerRusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>2013-08-20 15:37:41 +0930
commit7cb14ba75d57910cc4b62115dd5db7bd83c93684 (patch)
tree95ea4743800e25e85fdc305cb4f0115db4495c59 /include/linux/module.h
parent4d10c223baab8be8f717df3625cfece5be26dead (diff)
downloadlinux-7cb14ba75d57910cc4b62115dd5db7bd83c93684.tar.gz
modules: add support for soft module dependencies
Additional and optional dependencies not found while building the kernel and modules, can now be declared explicitly. Signed-off-by: Andreas Robinson <andr345@gmail.com> Acked-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au> Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
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diff --git a/include/linux/module.h b/include/linux/module.h
index 46f1ea01e6f621..504035f3ece151 100644
--- a/include/linux/module.h
+++ b/include/linux/module.h
@@ -97,6 +97,11 @@ extern const struct gtype##_id __mod_##gtype##_table \
/* For userspace: you can also call me... */
#define MODULE_ALIAS(_alias) MODULE_INFO(alias, _alias)
+/* Soft module dependencies. See man modprobe.d for details.
+ * Example: MODULE_SOFTDEP("pre: module-foo module-bar post: module-baz")
+ */
+#define MODULE_SOFTDEP(_softdep) MODULE_INFO(softdep, _softdep)
+
/*
* The following license idents are currently accepted as indicating free
* software modules