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diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml index 30f497ab18..870c50b7c8 100644 --- a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml +++ b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml @@ -4434,6 +4434,56 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3" </glossdef> </glossentry> + <glossentry id='var-KERNEL_MODULE_AUTOLOAD'><glossterm>KERNEL_MODULE_AUTOLOAD</glossterm> + <glossdef> + <para> + Lists kernel modules that need to be auto-loaded during + boot. + <note> + This variable replaces the deprecated + <link linkend='var-module_autoload'><filename>module_autoload</filename></link> + variable. + </note> + </para> + + <para> + You can use the <filename>KERNEL_MODULE_AUTOLOAD</filename> + variable anywhere that it can be + recognized by the kernel recipe or by an out-of-tree kernel + module recipe (e.g. a machine configuration file, a + distribution configuration file, an append file for the + recipe, or the recipe itself). + </para> + + <para> + Specify it as follows: + <literallayout class='monospaced'> + KERNEL_MODULE_AUTOLOAD = "modname1 modname2 modname3" + </literallayout> + </para> + + <para> + Including <filename>KERNEL_MODULE_AUTOLOAD</filename> causes + the OpenEmbedded build system to populate the + <filename>/etc/modules-load.d/modname.conf</filename> + file with the list of modules to be auto-loaded on boot. + The modules appear one-per-line in the file. + Here is an example of the most common use case: + <literallayout class='monospaced'> + KERNEL_MODULE_AUTOLOAD = "modname" + </literallayout> + </para> + + <para> + For information on how to populate the + <filename>modname.conf</filename> file with + <filename>modprobe.d</filename> syntax lines, see the + <link linkend='var-KERNEL_MODULE_PROBECONF'><filename>KERNEL_MODULE_PROBECONF</filename></link> + variable. + </para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + <glossentry id='var-KERNEL_MODULE_PROBECONF'><glossterm>KERNEL_MODULE_PROBECONF</glossterm> <glossdef> <para> |