<?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 2012 Lennart Poettering systemd is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. systemd is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License along with systemd; If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. --> <refentry id="systemd-modules-load.service" conditional='HAVE_KMOD'> <refentryinfo> <title>systemd-modules-load.service</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>systemd-modules-load.service</refentrytitle> <manvolnum>8</manvolnum> </refmeta> <refnamediv> <refname>systemd-modules-load.service</refname> <refname>systemd-modules-load</refname> <refpurpose>Load kernel modules at boot</refpurpose> </refnamediv> <refsynopsisdiv> <para><filename>systemd-modules-load.service</filename></para> <para><filename>/usr/lib/systemd/systemd-modules-load</filename></para> </refsynopsisdiv> <refsect1> <title>Description</title> <para><filename>systemd-modules-load.service</filename> is an early-boot service that loads kernel modules based on static configuration.</para> <para>See <citerefentry><refentrytitle>modules-load.d</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry> for information about the configuration of this service.</para> </refsect1> <refsect1> <title>Kernel Command Line</title> <para><filename>systemd-modules-load.service</filename> understands the following kernel command line parameters:</para> <variablelist class='kernel-commandline-options'> <varlistentry> <term><varname>modules-load=</varname></term> <term><varname>rd.modules-load=</varname></term> <listitem><para>Takes a comma-separated list of kernel modules to statically load during early boot. The option prefixed with <literal>rd.</literal> is read by the initial RAM disk only.</para></listitem> </varlistentry> </variablelist> </refsect1> <refsect1> <title>See Also</title> <para> <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>, <citerefentry><refentrytitle>modules-load.d</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>, </para> </refsect1> </refentry>