MODULES(5)

💖 MODULES(5) 💖

ok so bestie, gather round, we're talking about /etc/modules — the iconic little file that tells your kernel which modules to load at boot time. this is a File Formats Manual moment, and honestly? it's giving main character energy. 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

/etc/modules — kernel modules to load at boot time 🦋

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

so here's the tea, bestie: the /etc/modules file contains the names of kernel modules that are gonna be loaded at boot time. and the way that it works is one per line — literally one module name per line, no chaos, no drama, just vibes. 💅

ok but here's the part you need to know, and i mean it: options can only be specified using modprobe.d configuration files. like. you can NOT just shove options in here. that's not this file's job. /etc/modules is for names, modprobe.d is for options. know the difference, it's important. 🫶

and lastly — lines beginning with a # are ignored. so go off, write your little comments, nobody's judging, they're just ✨ignored✨. 🎀

🌈 EXAMPLE 🌈

here's exactly what it looks like, no cap:

# /etc/modules: kernel modules to load at boot time.
#
# This file contains the names of kernel modules that
# should be loaded at boot time, one per line. Lines
# beginning with "#" are ignored.

w83781d

3c509
nf_nat_ftp

see? cute, clean, one module per line, comments doing their thing. slay. 💖

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

• depmod(8)
• modprobe(8)
• modprobe.d(5)

and that's the whole page, bestie!! this came to you straight from Debian GNU/Linux, Version 1.2, and it's the MODULES(5) era — obsessed. go forth and load your modules responsibly. periodt. 💜✨