*modprobe* intelligently adds or removes a module from the Linux kernel: note
that for convenience, there is no difference between \_ and - in module names
(automatic underscore conversion is performed). *modprobe* looks in the module
-directory @DISTCONFDIR@/`uname -r` for all the modules and other files, except
-for the optional configuration files (see *modprobe.d*(5)). *modprobe* will also
-use module options specified on the kernel command line in the form of
+directory @MODULE_DIRECTORY@/`uname -r` for all the modules and other files,
+except for the optional configuration files (see *modprobe.d*(5)). *modprobe* will
+also use module options specified on the kernel command line in the form of
<module>.<option> and blacklists in the form of modprobe.blacklist=<module>.
Note that unlike in 2.4 series Linux kernels (which are not supported by this