modprobe

Overview ¶

The modprobe command loads and unloads Linux kernel modules and dependencies. It supports uncompressed, gzip, xz and zstd compressed module files.

Usage:

modprobe [options] MODULE [SYMBOL=VALUE]...
modprobe [options] -a MODULE [MODULE]...
modprobe [options] -r MODULE [MODULE]...
modprobe [options] -D MODULE

Options:

-C string
   Config file (default "/etc/modprobe.conf")
-D Print MODULE dependencies and exit
-a Load multiple MODULEs
-d string
   Modules root directory (default "/lib/modules")
-n Dry-run
-q Quiet
-r Remove MODULE(s)
-v Verbose
-va
   Combines -v and -a

Example:

modprobe -v brd rd_size=32768 rd_nr=4