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

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. LucasDeMarchi <lucas.de.marchi@gmail.com> is the current maintainer of the project. kmod 2025-06-11 MODULES.DEP(5)

Please direct any bug reports to kmod's issue tracker at https://github.com/kmod-project/kmod/issues/ alongside with version used, steps to reproduce the problem and the expected outcome.

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

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 ease 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.

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

depmod(8), modprobe(8)

/lib/modules/modules.dep /lib/modules/modules.dep.bin