Linux in a Nutshell, 6th Edition

Name

modprobe

Synopsis

modprobe [options] [modules] [moduleoptions]

System administration command. With no options, attempt to load the specified module, as well as all modules on which it depends. If more than one module is specified, attempt to load further modules only if the previous module failed to load. When specifying a module, use only its name without its path or trailing .o. modprobe will pass to the kernel any options following the module name.

Options

-a, --all

Load all modules matching the given wildcard.

-c, --showconfig

Print modprobe’s current configuration.

-C file, --config file

Read additional configuration from file instead of /etc/modules.conf.

-f, --force

Ignore all versioning information during module insertion. Even if the module does not match the running kernel, modprobe will try to insert it anyway.

--force-modversion

Ignore module versioning mismatches.

--force-vermagic

Ignore kernel versioning mismatches.

--first-time

Return failure if told to insert a module that is already present or remove a module that is not loaded. Normally, modprobe will return success if asked to perform an unnecessary action.

-i, --ignore-install, --ignore-remove

Ignore any install and remove directives in the configuration file.

-l, --list

List modules matching the given wildcard (or “*” if no wildcard is given).

-n, --dry-run

Perform all of the actions except actually inserting or removing the module.

-q, --quiet

Suppress warnings during failure to load a module and continue processing other modules. ...