Autoload modules

dkorzhevin · 2013-07-13 08:21:21

Hi,

Is there any other way of auto-load kernel modules, other then add module to /etc/modules-load.d/ ?

karol · 2013-07-13 08:23:20

Why do you ask?

Trilby · 2013-07-13 12:24:47

There, in /etc/modprobe.d/*.conf files, or on the kernel line.

What do you need loaded, and why is /etc/modules-load.d not a suitable way of doing it?

falconindy · 2013-07-13 14:43:54

/etc/modprobe.d is for module configuration via m-i-t or kmod. there's no mechanism to auto-load modules from here.

Suspect the OP isn't using systemd, in which case they'll need to wire this into whatever it is they're using for PID 1.

Thaodan · 2013-07-13 14:48:53

kmod works without systemd or not? Since than this should be no issue.

falconindy · 2013-07-13 14:53:53

But kmod doesn't read from /etc/modules-load.d ... this is a systemd invention. The fact that systemd uses kmod to load modules from this directory is merely an implementation detail.

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Thaodan · 2013-07-13 15:10:54

but from /etc/modprobe.d which works the same.

falconindy · 2013-07-13 15:16:05

Please point me to the documentation that states that modules can be auto-loaded at bootup from configuration in /etc/modprobe.d

Here, I'll save you some time -- that documentation doesn't exist, because the functionality doesn't either.

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Thaodan · 2013-07-14 01:58:26

udev reads this directory?

falconindy · 2013-07-14 04:49:03

No. It doesn't.

psycho · 2013-07-18 11:22:45

My excuses for hijacking this thread, but i'm also interested in autoloading modules. I have the following problem : whenever i try to start a Virtualbox machine and module 'vboxdrv' is not loaded, it crashes the whole system and i have to reboot. However, i have /etc/modules-load.d/virtualbox.conf which contains 'vboxdrv'. However, after reboots and suspends, if i don't manually load 'vboxdrv', it will crash my system, again. Should i add an exception in sudoers file for modprobe and put 'sudo modprobe vboxdrv' into my autostart file ? Any other method is appreciated. Thanks in advance.

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