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modules-load - Loads explicitly defined kernel modules

NAME  DESCRIPTION  FILE FORMAT  SEE ALSO 

NAME

modules - Loads explicitly defined kernel modules

DESCRIPTION

The modules service loads explicitly defined kernel modules during early startup. This service is enabled by default.

The modules service will read configuration files matching the following patterns:

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

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

/etc/modules

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

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

If multiple files with the same name are found in different locations, only the one in the latter location is processed.

FILE FORMAT

Files must contain exactly one module name per line. Empty lines and lines starting with # are ignored.

SEE ALSO

modprobe(8)


Updated 2026-06-01 - jenkler.se | uex.se