depmod.d(5)

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NAME
       depmod.d - Configuration directory for depmod

SYNOPSIS
       /usr/lib/depmod.d/*.conf

       /etc/depmod.d/*.conf

       /run/depmod.d/*.conf

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 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 files 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. Another special keyword external refers to the list of
           external directories, defined by the external command.

           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.

       external kernelversion absolutemodulesdirectory...
           This specifies a list of directories, which will be checked
           according to the priorities in the search command. The order
           matters also, the first directory has the higher priority.

           The kernelversion is a POSIX regular expression or * wildcard, like
           in the override.

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

SEE ALSO
       depmod(8)

AUTHORS
       Jon Masters <jcm@jonmasters.org>
           Developer

       Robby Workman <rworkman@slackware.com>
           Developer

       Lucas De Marchi <lucas.de.marchi@gmail.com>
           Developer

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