module-info?

[Mike Reed <lists amadron com>]

Hi,

This seems to be the most closely guarded secret in RedHat.  I've 
searched through hundreds of newsgroup articles going back six years 
trying to find the answer to "What is /boot/module-info?"  There are 
hundreds of questions on this but I can't find any definitive answer. 
There are lots or answers saying "it's not important", "it's RedHat 
specific", "It's created with make modules" (wrong!), but there is no 
clear definitive answer.  And yes, I have searched the RedHat web site 
as well.

In the top of the file it describes what its format is but not what the 
file is used for.

So does anyone have a clear and full description of what module-info is, 
how it was created, and what it is used for/by?

Mike.