3 <!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC
"-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.2//EN" "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd">
5 SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1+
7 <refentry id=
"systemd-modules-load.service" conditional='HAVE_KMOD'
>
10 <title>systemd-modules-load.service
</title>
11 <productname>systemd
</productname>
15 <refentrytitle>systemd-modules-load.service
</refentrytitle>
16 <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
20 <refname>systemd-modules-load.service
</refname>
21 <refname>systemd-modules-load
</refname>
22 <refpurpose>Load kernel modules at boot
</refpurpose>
26 <para><filename>systemd-modules-load.service
</filename></para>
27 <para><filename>/usr/lib/systemd/systemd-modules-load
</filename></para>
31 <title>Description
</title>
33 <para><filename>systemd-modules-load.service
</filename> is an
34 early boot service that loads kernel modules based on static
38 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>modules-load.d
</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
39 for information about the configuration of this service.
</para>
44 <title>Kernel Command Line
</title>
46 <para><filename>systemd-modules-load.service
</filename>
47 understands the following kernel command line parameters:
</para>
49 <variablelist class='kernel-commandline-options'
>
52 <term><varname>modules_load=
</varname></term>
53 <term><varname>rd.modules_load=
</varname></term>
55 <listitem><para>Takes a comma-separated list of kernel modules
56 to statically load during early boot. The option prefixed with
57 <literal>rd.
</literal> is read by the initial RAM disk
58 only.
</para></listitem>
65 <title>See Also
</title>
67 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd
</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
68 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>modules-load.d
</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,