The time might come when you need to be able to load or unload a specific module into and/or out of the Linux kernel. Why? Let’s say you’re working on a machine that has no networking ...

I have been running Debian a few years now but haven't really dug into the proper way to handle kernel modules in regards to auto-loading/unloading (i'll get to this) and the setup of modules.conf.

These are modules that the kernel can load and unload at run time, which means you can add that new device or strange file system without having to rebuild or even restart the kernel. Normally ...

md4 You can load or unload a module using the modprobe command. Using a command like the one below, you can locate the kernel object associated with a particular module: $ find /lib/modules ...

Way back when, 8 months ago, as I was first setting up this box, I read how to configure things so that the system would automatically load a kernel module on demand. Now I've got a second box and ...

This is precisely what we do in the eBPF tools. When an eBPF program is compiled, BCC tools load the headers module, compile the BPF program and unload the module. Some kernel developers also wanted ...