modprobe

modprobe lets you dynamically load and remove kernel modules while the Linux kernel is running.

• sudo modprobe $MODULE_NAME loads a module.
• sudo modprobe $MODULE_NAME removes a module.

The /etc/modprobe.d/ directory contains some config files that change modprobe’s behaviour as it loads certain modules.

E.g. I have a NVIDIA GPU and I do not want to use the open-source nouveau driver. I have the following file, /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf that prevents nouveau from being loaded into the Linux kernel on boot.

blacklist nouveau
options nouveau modeset=0