man/modules-load.d.xml

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  25 <refentry id="modules-load.d" conditional='HAVE_KMOD'
  26     xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude">
  27
  28   <refentryinfo>
  29     <title>modules-load.d</title>
  30     <productname>systemd</productname>
  31
  32     <authorgroup>
  33       <author>
  34         <contrib>Developer</contrib>
  35         <firstname>Lennart</firstname>
  36         <surname>Poettering</surname>
  37         <email>lennart@poettering.net</email>
  38       </author>
  39     </authorgroup>
  40   </refentryinfo>
  41
  42   <refmeta>
  43     <refentrytitle>modules-load.d</refentrytitle>
  44     <manvolnum>5</manvolnum>
  45   </refmeta>
  46
  47   <refnamediv>
  48     <refname>modules-load.d</refname>
  49     <refpurpose>Configure kernel modules to load at boot</refpurpose>
  50   </refnamediv>
  51
  52   <refsynopsisdiv>
  53     <para><filename>/etc/modules-load.d/*.conf</filename></para>
  54     <para><filename>/run/modules-load.d/*.conf</filename></para>
  55     <para><filename>/usr/lib/modules-load.d/*.conf</filename></para>
  56   </refsynopsisdiv>
  57
  58   <refsect1>
  59     <title>Description</title>
  60
  61     <para><citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-modules-load.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
  62     reads files from the above directories which contain kernel
  63     modules to load during boot in a static list. Each configuration
  64     file is named in the style of
  65     <filename>/etc/modules-load.d/<replaceable>program</replaceable>.conf</filename>.
  66     Note that it is usually a better idea to rely on the automatic
  67     module loading by PCI IDs, USB IDs, DMI IDs or similar triggers
  68     encoded in the kernel modules themselves instead of static
  69     configuration like this. In fact, most modern kernel modules are
  70     prepared for automatic loading already.</para>
  71   </refsect1>
  72
  73   <refsect1>
  74     <title>Configuration Format</title>
  75
  76     <para>The configuration files should simply contain a list of
  77     kernel module names to load, separated by newlines. Empty lines
  78     and lines whose first non-whitespace character is # or ; are
  79     ignored.</para>
  80   </refsect1>
  81
  82   <xi:include href="standard-conf.xml" xpointer="confd" />
  83
  84   <refsect1>
  85     <title>Example</title>
  86     <example>
  87       <title>/etc/modules-load.d/virtio-net.conf example:</title>
  88
  89       <programlisting># Load virtio-net.ko at boot
  90 virtio-net</programlisting>
  91     </example>
  92   </refsect1>
  93
  94   <refsect1>
  95     <title>See Also</title>
  96     <para>
  97       <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
  98       <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-modules-load.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
  99       <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-delta</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
 100       <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>modprobe</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
 101     </para>
 102   </refsect1>
 103
 104 </refentry>