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+# Copyright 2023 VyOS maintainers and contributors <maintainers@vyos.io>
+#
+# This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+# modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+# License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+# version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
+# Lesser General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+# License along with this library. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+def check_kmod(k_mod):
+ """ Common utility function to load required kernel modules on demand """
+ from vyos import ConfigError
+ from vyos.utils.process import call
+ if isinstance(k_mod, str):
+ k_mod = k_mod.split()
+ for module in k_mod:
+ if not os.path.exists(f'/sys/module/{module}'):
+ if call(f'modprobe {module}') != 0:
+ raise ConfigError(f'Loading Kernel module {module} failed')