modprobe - Add or remove kernel modules

New in version 1.4.

Synopsis
Options
Examples
- Status

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'

Status

This module is flagged as preview which means that it is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface.

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Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
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