man/modules-load.d.xml

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