From f38648a7ed5b6a5244d2c7e9d002ce7802060474 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Peter Bui Date: Wed, 1 Jun 2016 21:46:47 -0400 Subject: Add modules-load.8 Tweaks for mdoclint. Closes: #51 [via git-merge-pr] --- modules-load.8 | 52 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 52 insertions(+) create mode 100644 modules-load.8 (limited to 'modules-load.8') 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. -- cgit 1.4.1