modprobe
Sign in to savemodprobe is a Linux program that provides for loading a loadable kernel module into a Linux kernel, unloading a loaded module and many other related features. It provides an ability to make decisions about which modules to load, awareness of module dependencies, so that when requested to load a module, it adds other required modules first and resolution of recursive module dependencies.
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modprobe is a Linux program that provides for loading a loadable kernel module into a Linux kernel, unloading a loaded module and many other related features. It provides an ability to make decisions about which modules to load, awareness of module dependencies, so that when requested to load a module, it adds other required modules first and resolution of recursive module dependencies.
It is commonly used indirectly. For example, udev relies upon modprobe to load drivers for automatically detected hardware.