man/modules-load.d.xml

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