Modprobe

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modprobe loads kernel modules

Locations

/etc/modules kernel modules config
/etc/modules-load.d/*.conf kernel modules configs

Usage

Load Kernel Modules

Temporarily load kernel modules

sudo modprobe $KERNEL_MODULE

Permanently load kernel modules at boot (in this case, deps for makemkv)

# /etc/modules-load.d/makemkv.conf
sg

List Kernel Modules

modprobe  # load kernel module
lsmod     # list all loaded kernel modules
rmmod     # remove kernel module
modinfo   # info about a module