From 45fec77380f5e328d0062588a4e6abb71442db56 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Starbeamrainbowlabs Date: Thu, 5 Jul 2018 17:13:16 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] modprobe: Add page (#2166) --- pages/linux/modprobe.md | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+) create mode 100644 pages/linux/modprobe.md diff --git a/pages/linux/modprobe.md b/pages/linux/modprobe.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..27c3d8b261 --- /dev/null +++ b/pages/linux/modprobe.md @@ -0,0 +1,23 @@ +# modprobe + +> Add or remove modules from the Linux kernel. + +- Pretend to load a module into the kernel, but don't actually do it: + +`sudo modprobe --dry-run {{module_name}}` + +- Load a module into the kernel: + +`sudo modprobe {{module_name}}` + +- Remove a module from the kernel: + +`sudo modprobe --remove {{module_name}}` + +- Remove a module and those that depend on it from the kernel: + +`sudo modprobe --remove-dependencies {{module_name}}` + +- Show a kernel module's dependencies: + +`sudo modprobe --show-depends {{module_name}}`