tldr/pages/linux/modprobe.md

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}}