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| author | Peter Bui <peter.j.bui@gmail.com> | 2016-06-01 21:46:47 -0400 |
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| committer | Christian Neukirchen <chneukirchen@gmail.com> | 2016-06-02 15:40:21 +0200 |
| commit | f38648a7ed5b6a5244d2c7e9d002ce7802060474 (patch) | |
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Add modules-load.8
Tweaks for mdoclint. Closes: #51 [via git-merge-pr]
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diff --git a/modules-load.8 b/modules-load.8 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..31441ec --- /dev/null +++ b/modules-load.8 @@ -0,0 +1,52 @@ +.Dd June 1, 2016 +.Dt MODULES-LOAD 8 +.Os Linux +.Sh NAME +.Nm modules-load +.Nd Configure kernel modules to load at boot +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Nm modules-load +.Op Fl nv +.Sh DESCRIPTION +.Nm +reads files which contain kernel modules to load during boot from the list of +locations below. +.Bl -tag -width indent +.It Fl n +dry-run mode. +This option does everything but actually insert or delete the modules. +.It Fl v +verbose mode. +Print messages about what the program is doing. +.El +.Sh FILES +Configuration files are read from the following locations: +.Bl -tag -width indent +.It /etc/modules-load.d/*.conf +.It /run/modules-load.d/*.conf +.It /usr/lib/modules-load.d/*.conf +.El +.Pp +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. +.Sh EXAMPLES +.Pa /etc/modules-load.d/virtio-net.conf : +.Bd -literal -offset indent +# Load virtio-net.ko at boot +virtio-net +.Ed +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr modprobe 8 +.Sh HISTORY +This program is a replacement for the +.Nm modules-load +utility provided by +.Nm systemd . +.Sh AUTHOR +.An Christian Neukirchen , +.Mt chneukirchen@gmail.com . +.Sh LICENSE +.Nm +is in the public domain. |