NAME

       nvidia-modprobe - Load the NVIDIA kernel module and create NVIDIA character device files.

SYNOPSIS

       nvidia-modprobe [options]
       nvidia-modprobe [options] --create-nvidia-device-file=MINOR-NUMBER
       nvidia-modprobe [options] --module-instance=MODULE-INSTANCE

DESCRIPTION

       The  nvidia-modprobe  utility  is used by user-space NVIDIA driver components to make sure
       the NVIDIA kernel module is loaded, the NVIDIA character  device  files  are  present  and
       configure  certain runtime settings in the kernel.  These facilities are normally provided
       by  Linux  distribution  configuration  systems  such  as  udev.   When  possible,  it  is
       recommended  to use your Linux distribution's native mechanisms for managing kernel module
       loading, device file creation  and  kernel  runtime  config  settings.   This  utility  is
       provided as a fallback to work out-of-the-box in a distribution-independent way.

       When installed by nvidia-installer , nvidia-modprobe is installed setuid root.

       Users  should  not  normally  need  to  run nvidia-modprobe by hand: the NVIDIA user-space
       driver components will fork(2)/exec(3) it when needed.

       When run without any options, nvidia-modprobe will load the NVIDIA kernel module and  then
       exit.  When  the  --module-instance  option  is  specified on systems with multiple NVIDIA
       kernel modules, nvidia-modprobe will load the corresponding NVIDIA kernel module and  then
       exit.  When the --create-nvidia-device-file option is specified, nvidia-modprobe will also
       create the requested device file.

       The source code to nvidia-modprobe is available here: ⟨https://download.nvidia.com/
       XFree86/nvidia-modprobe/⟩

OPTIONS

       -v, --version
              Print the utility version and exit.

       -h, --help
              Print usage information for the command line options and exit.

       -c MINOR-NUMBER, --create-nvidia-device-file=MINOR-NUMBER
              Create  the  NVIDIA  device  file  with  the given minor number; this option can be
              specified multiple times to create multiple NVIDIA device files.

ADVANCED OPTIONS

       -u, --unified-memory
              Load the NVIDIA Unified Memory kernel module or create device files for it, instead
              of the NVIDIA kernel module.

       -m, --modeset
              Load the NVIDIA modeset kernel module and create its device file.

       -s, --nvswitch
              Load  the  NVIDIA kernel module and create the NVSwitch device files for each minor
              number specified using the -c flag.

       -l, --nvlink
              Load the NVIDIA kernel module and create the NVLink control device file.

       -f    NVIDIA-CAPABILITY-DEVICE-FILE,    --nvidia-capability-device-file=NVIDIA-CAPABILITY-
       DEVICE-FILE
              Create  the  NVIDIA  capability  device  files with the given capability /proc file
              path. This option can  be  specified  multiple  times  to  create  multiple  NVIDIA
              capability device files.

       -i NVIDIA-IMEX-CHANNEL-DEVICE-FILE, --nvidia-imex-channel-device-file=NVIDIA-IMEX-CHANNEL-
       DEVICE-FILE
              Create the NVIDIA IMEX channel device files for the given minor number range format
              <start:number of minors>

       -a, --auto-online-movable
              Enable  the  online_movable  auto onlining kernel setting for platforms (like Grace
              Hopper) that add and online GPU memory to the kernel

EXAMPLES

       nvidia-modprobe
              Run `/sbin/modprobe nvidia`

       nvidia-modprobe -c 0 -c 1
              Run `/sbin/modprobe nvidia` and create /dev/nvidia0 and /dev/nvidia1

       nvidia-modprobe -i 0
              Run `/sbin/modprobe nvidia0`

AUTHOR

       Andy Ritger
       NVIDIA Corporation

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright © 2013 NVIDIA Corporation.