man/modules-load.d.xml

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<refentry id="modules-load.d" conditional='HAVE_KMOD'>

        <refentryinfo>
                <title>modules-load.d</title>
                <productname>systemd</productname>

                <authorgroup>
                        <author>
                                <contrib>Developer</contrib>
                                <firstname>Lennart</firstname>
                                <surname>Poettering</surname>
                                <email>lennart@poettering.net</email>
                        </author>
                </authorgroup>
        </refentryinfo>

        <refmeta>
                <refentrytitle>modules-load.d</refentrytitle>
                <manvolnum>5</manvolnum>
        </refmeta>

        <refnamediv>
                <refname>modules-load.d</refname>
                <refpurpose>Configure kernel modules to load at boot</refpurpose>
        </refnamediv>

        <refsynopsisdiv>
                <para><filename>/etc/modules-load.d/*.conf</filename></para>
                <para><filename>/run/modules-load.d/*.conf</filename></para>
                <para><filename>/usr/lib/modules-load.d/*.conf</filename></para>
        </refsynopsisdiv>

        <refsect1>
                <title>Description</title>

                <para><citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-modules-load.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
                reads files from the above directories which contain
                kernel modules to load during boot in a static list.
                Each configuration file is named in the style of
                <filename>/etc/modules-load.d/<replaceable>program</replaceable>.conf</filename>. Note
                that it is usually a better idea to rely on the
                automatic module loading by PCI IDs, USB IDs, DMI IDs
                or similar triggers encoded in the kernel modules
                themselves instead of static configuration like
                this. In fact, most modern kernel modules are prepared
                for automatic loading already.</para>
        </refsect1>

        <refsect1>
                <title>Configuration Format</title>

                <para>The configuration files should simply contain a
                list of kernel module names to load, separated by
                newlines. Empty lines and lines whose first
                non-whitespace character is # or ; are ignored.</para>

                <para>Each configuration file shall be named in the
                style of <filename><replaceable>program</replaceable>.conf</filename>.
                Files in <filename>/etc/</filename> override files
                with the same name in <filename>/usr/lib/</filename>
                and <filename>/run/</filename>. Files in
                <filename>/run/</filename> override files with the
                same name in <filename>/usr/lib/</filename>. Packages
                should install their configuration files in
                <filename>/usr/lib/</filename>, files in
                <filename>/etc/</filename> are reserved for the local
                administrator, who may use this logic to override the
                configuration files installed from vendor
                packages.</para>

                <para>If the administrator wants to disable a
                configuration file supplied by the vendor the
                recommended way is to place a symlink to
                <filename>/dev/null</filename> in
                <filename>/etc/modules-load.d/</filename> bearing the
                same file name.</para>
        </refsect1>

        <refsect1>
                <title>Example</title>
                <example>
                        <title>/etc/modules-load.d/virtio-net.conf example:</title>

                        <programlisting># Load virtio-net.ko at boot
virtio-net</programlisting>
                </example>
        </refsect1>

        <refsect1>
                <title>See Also</title>
                <para>
                        <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
                        <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-modules-load.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
                        <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-delta</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
                        <citerefentry><refentrytitle>modprobe</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
                </para>
        </refsect1>

</refentry>