MODULES-LOAD.D(5)                         modules-load.d                        MODULES-LOAD.D(5)



NAME
       modules-load.d - Configure kernel modules to load at boot

SYNOPSIS
       /etc/modules-load.d/*.conf

       /run/modules-load.d/*.conf

       /usr/lib/modules-load.d/*.conf

DESCRIPTION
       systemd-modules-load.service(8) 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 /etc/modules-load.d/program.conf. 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.

CONFIGURATION FORMAT
       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.

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

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

EXAMPLE
       Example 1. /etc/modules-load.d/virtio-net.conf example:

           # Load virtio-net.ko at boot
           virtio-net

SEE ALSO
       systemd(1), systemd-modules-load.service(8), systemd-delta(1), modprobe(8)



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