systemd-modules-load.service(8)

systemd-modules-load.service8

Load kernel modules at boot

Usage

systemd-modules-load.service

Overview

systemd-modules-load.service is an early boot service that loads kernel modules. It reads static configuration from files in /usr/ and /etc/, but also runtime configuration from /run/ and the kernel command line (see below).

See modules-load.d(5) for information about the configuration format of this service and paths where configuration files can be created.

Kernel command line

systemd-modules-load.service understands the following kernel command line parameters:

modules_load=, rd.modules_load=

Takes a comma-separated list of kernel modules to statically load during early boot. The option prefixed with "rd." is read in the initrd only.

Added in version 187.

Releases

7 releases since Debian 8 (Jessie); the text changed 6 times.

  1. 8
  2. 9
  3. 10
  4. 11
  5. 12
  6. 13
  7. Arch

From systemd 262.1-1 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.