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diff --git a/man/modules-load.d.xml b/man/modules-load.d.xml index 01013e0222..cdd43d1650 100644 --- a/man/modules-load.d.xml +++ b/man/modules-load.d.xml @@ -54,16 +54,17 @@ <refsect1> <title>Description</title> - <para><command>systemd</command> uses - files from the above directories to configure + <para><citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-modules-load.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> + 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 <filename>/etc/modules-load.d/<program>.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> + 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.</para> </refsect1> <refsect1> @@ -74,21 +75,26 @@ 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><program>.conf</filename>. - Files in <filename>/etc/</filename> override - files with the same name in <filename>/usr/lib/</filename>. - Files in <filename>/run</filename> override 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 override 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> + <para>Each configuration file shall be named in the + style of <filename><program>.conf</filename>. + Files in <filename>/etc/</filename> override files + with the same name in <filename>/usr/lib/</filename> + and <filename>/run/</filename>. Files in + <filename>/run/</filename> override files with the + same name in <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 + administrator, who may use this logic to override the + configuration files installed from vendor + packages.</para> + + <para>If the administrator wants to disable a + configuration file supplied by the vendor the + recommended way is to place a symlink to + <filename>/dev/null</filename> in + <filename>/etc/modules-load.d/</filename> bearing the + same file name.</para> </refsect1> <refsect1> @@ -105,6 +111,8 @@ virtio-net</programlisting> <title>See Also</title> <para> <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>, + <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-modules-load.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>, + <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-delta</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>, <citerefentry><refentrytitle>modprobe</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> </para> </refsect1> |