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modprobe - Add or remove kernel modules

New in version 1.4.

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"

This is an Extras Module

For more information on what this means please read Extras Modules

For help in developing on modules, should you be so inclined, please read Community Information & Contributing, developing_test_pr and Developing Modules.

© 2012–2016 Michael DeHaan
© 2016 Red Hat, Inc.
Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/modprobe_module.html