DEPMOD.CONF(5)															    DEPMOD.CONF(5)

NAME

       depmod.conf, depmod.d - Configuration file/directory for depmod

DESCRIPTION

       The  order in which modules are processed by the depmod command can be altered on a global or per-module basis. This is typically useful in
       cases where built-in kernel modules are complemented by custom built versions of the same and the user wishes to  affect  the  priority	of
       processing in order to override the module version supplied by the kernel.

       The  format  of	depmod.conf and files under depmod.d is simple: one command per line, with blank lines and lines starting with '#' ignored
       (useful for adding comments). A '' at the end of a line causes it to continue on the next line, which makes the file a bit neater.

COMMANDS

       search subdirectory...
	      This allows you to specify the order in which /lib/modules (or other configured module location) subdirectories will be processed by
	      depmod. Directories are listed in order, with the highest priority given to the first listed directory and the lowest priority given
	      to the last directory listed. The special keyword built-in refers to the standard module directories installed by the kernel.

	      By default, depmod will give a higher priority to a directory with the name updates using  this  built-in  search  string:  "updates
	      built-in" but more complex arrangements are possible and are used in several popular distributions.

       override modulename kernelversion modulesubdirectory
	      This  command allows you to override which version of a specific module will be used when more than one module sharing the same name
	      is processed by the depmod command. It is possible to specify one kernel or all kernels using the * wildcard.  modulesubdirectory is
	      the name of the subdirectory under /lib/modules (or other module location) where the target module is installed.

	      For  example,  it  is  possible  to override the priority of an updated test module called kmod by specifying the following command:
	      "override kmod * extra".	This will ensure that any matching module name installed under the extra subdirectory within  /lib/modules
	      (or other module location) will take priority over any likenamed module already provided by the kernel.

COPYRIGHT

       This manual page Copyright 2006-2010, Jon Masters, Red Hat, Inc.

SEE ALSO

       depmod(8)

								    2010-03-01							    DEPMOD.CONF(5)