=> At boot time, only a minimal resident kernel is loaded into memory.
=> If you add new hardware you need to add driver aka modules
=> modprobe intelligently adds or removes a module from the Linux kernel
=> Usually modules stored in the module directory /lib/modules/$(uname -r)$ ls /lib/modules/$(uname -r)
Task: Add a module called foo
Type the command as root user: # modprobe foo
Task: List all loaded modules
Use lsmod command to show the status of modules in the Linux Kernel:# lsmod
Task: Remove a module called foo
Pass -r option to modprobe command to remove a module# modprobe -r foo
You can also use rmmod command, which is simple program to remove a module from the Linux Kernel# rmmod foo
