modprobe

Add or remove modules from the Linux kernel.

• Pretend to load a module into the kernel, but don't actually do it:

sudo modprobe --dry-run {module_name}

• Load a module into the kernel:

sudo modprobe {module_name}

• Remove a module from the kernel:

sudo modprobe --remove {module_name}

• Remove a module and those that depend on it from the kernel:

sudo modprobe --remove-dependencies {module_name}

• Show a kernel module's dependencies:

sudo modprobe --show-depends {module_name}

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