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<refentry id="modules-load.d" conditional='HAVE_KMOD'
xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude">
<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>
</refsect1>
<xi:include href="standard-conf.xml" xpointer="confd" />
<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>