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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>
- </refsynopsisdiv>
-
- <refsect1>
- <title>Description</title>
-
- <para><command>systemd</command> uses
- <filename>/etc/modules-load.d/</filename> 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/<program>.conf</filename>. Note
- that it is usally 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 modul names to load, seperated by
- newlines. Empty lines and lines whose first
- non-whitespace character is # or ; are ignored.</para>
-
- </refsect1>
-
- <refsect1>
- <title>Example</title>
- <example>
- <title>/etc/modules-load.d/uinput.conf example:</title>
-
- <programlisting># Load uinput.ko at boot
-uinput</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 id="modules-load.d" conditional='HAVE_KMOD'
+ xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude">
+
+ <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><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/<replaceable>program</replaceable>.conf</filename>.
+ Note 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>
+ <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>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <xi:include href="standard-conf.xml" xpointer="confd" />
+
+ <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>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>
</refentry>
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