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 file name.

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)