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+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<!--*-nxml-*-->
+<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.2//EN" "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd">
+<!--
+ This file is part of systemd.
+
+ Copyright 2011 Lennart Poettering
+
+ systemd is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
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+-->
+<refentry id="modules-load.d">
+
+ <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><command>systemd</command> uses
+ files from the above directories to configure
+ kernel modules to load during boot in a static list.
+ Each configuration file is named in the style of
+ <filename>/etc/modules-load.d/&lt;program&gt;.conf</filename>. Note
+ that it is usually a better idea to use the automatic
+ module loading by PCI ID, by DMI ID or similar
+ triggers configured in the kernel modules themselves
+ instead of relying on static configuration like
+ this.</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>
+
+ <para>Each configuration file is named in the style of
+ <filename>&lt;program&gt;.conf</filename>.
+ Files in <filename>/etc/</filename> overwrite
+ files with the same name in <filename>/usr/lib/</filename>.
+ Files in <filename>/run</filename> overwrite files with
+ the same name in <filename>/etc/</filename> and
+ <filename>/usr/lib/</filename>. Packages should install their
+ configuration files in <filename>/usr/lib/</filename>, files
+ in <filename>/etc/</filename> are reserved for the local
+ administration, which possibly decides to overwrite the
+ configurations installed from packages. All files are sorted
+ by filename in alphabetical order, regardless in which of the
+ directories they reside, to ensure that a specific
+ configuration file takes precedence over another file with
+ an alphabetically later name.</para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <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>modprobe</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ </para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+</refentry>