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modprobe - Add or remove kernel modules

New in version 1.4.

Synopsis

Add or remove kernel modules.

Options

parameter required default choices comments
name
 yes
    Name of kernel module to manage.
    params
    (added in 1.6)
    		 no
      Modules parameters.
      state
      		 no present
      • present
      • absent
      Whether the module should be present or absent.

      Examples

      # Add the 802.1q module
- modprobe: name=8021q state=present
# Add the dummy module
- modprobe: name=dummy state=present params="numdummies=2"

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