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NAME top

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

SYNOPSIS top

       /etc/modules-load.d/*.conf
       /run/modules-load.d/*.conf
       /usr/local/lib/modules-load.d/*.conf
       /usr/lib/modules-load.d/*.conf

DESCRIPTION top

   [systemd-modules-load.service(8)](../man8/systemd-modules-load.service.8.html) 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 top

   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.

CONFIGURATION DIRECTORIES AND PRECEDENCE top

   Configuration files are read from directories in /etc/, /run/,
   /usr/local/lib/, and /usr/lib/, in order of precedence, as listed
   in the SYNOPSIS section above. Files must have the ".conf"
   extension. Files in /etc/ override files with the same name in
   /run/, /usr/local/lib/, and /usr/lib/. Files in /run/ override
   files with the same name under /usr/.

   All configuration files are sorted by their filename in
   lexicographic order, regardless of which of the directories they
   reside in. If multiple files specify the same option, the entry in
   the file with the lexicographically latest name will take
   precedence. Thus, the configuration in a certain file may either
   be replaced completely (by placing a file with the same name in a
   directory with higher priority), or individual settings might be
   changed (by specifying additional settings in a file with a
   different name that is ordered later).

   Packages should install their configuration files in /usr/lib/
   (distribution packages) or /usr/local/lib/ (local installs) [1].
   Files in /etc/ are reserved for the local administrator, who may
   use this logic to override the configuration files installed by
   vendor packages.

   It is recommended to prefix all filenames with a two-digit number
   and a dash to simplify the ordering. It is recommended to use the
   range 10-40 for configuration files in /usr/ and the range 60-90
   for configuration files in /etc/ and /run/, to make sure that
   local and transient configuration files will always take priority
   over configuration files shipped by the OS vendor.

   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 the configuration directory in /etc/, with the
   same filename as the vendor configuration file. If the vendor
   configuration file is included in the initrd image, the image has
   to be regenerated.

EXAMPLE top

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

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

SEE ALSO top

   [systemd(1)](../man1/systemd.1.html), [systemd-modules-load.service(8)](../man8/systemd-modules-load.service.8.html), [systemd-delta(1)](../man1/systemd-delta.1.html),
   [modprobe(8)](../man8/modprobe.8.html)

NOTES top

    1. 💣💥🧨💥💥💣 Please note that those configuration files must
       be available at all times. If /usr/local/ is a separate
       partition, it may not be available during early boot, and must
       not be used for configuration.

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