SLES 12 Loading Module 8021q at startup (Searched)

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server SLES Networking
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Hi All,

I need to be able to load the 8021q module at startup. Most of the articles I have found do not apply to SLES12.

I have tried creating the /etc/sysconfig/kernel file and adding the following statement:
MODULES_LOADED_ON_BOOT=”8021q”

This did not work.

I suspect I need to modify something in /etc/modprobe.d or /etc/modules-load.d but cannot find any good documentation on what I need to do.

Here is the manual process I use to get the module loaded.

lsmod | grep 8021q

modprobe 8021q

lsmod | grep 8021q

8021q 28794 0
garp 14384 1 8021q
mrp 18778 1 8021q

Any advice will be greatly appreciated.

Regards,
WS

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There was a similar post in the openSUSE forums a while back that may be
interesting:

https://forums.opensuse.org/showthread.php/502107-opensuse-13-2-load-module-at-boot

Based on that, I found that modules-load.d has a manpage. Since you said
you did not find any documentatin, you may want to try that:

man modules-load.d

From the manpage is this example:

EXAMPLE
Example 1. /etc/modules-load.d/virtio-net.conf example:

# Load virtio-net.ko at boot
virtio-net

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Thank you for steering me in the right direction. I created a 8021q.conf file in the /etc/modules-load.d/ directory rebooted and it successfully loaded the module.

#ls /etc/modules-load.d/
8021q.conf

more /etc/modules-load.d/8021q.conf

Load 8021q at boot

8021q

#After reboot

lsmod |grep 802

8021q 28794 0
garp 14384 1 8021q
mrp 18778 1 8021q

dmesg |grep 8021q
[ 18.961144] 8021q: 802.1Q VLAN Support v1.8

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Great news! Thank-you for sharing your results.

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