From 0cadfc09534033e2b9694bd2d226b5dcfebd6704 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Robert P. J. Day" Date: Sun, 3 Feb 2008 15:27:38 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Documentation: Clarify when module debugging actually works. Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk --- Documentation/debugging-modules.txt | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/Documentation/debugging-modules.txt b/Documentation/debugging-modules.txt index 24029f65fc94..172ad4aec493 100644 --- a/Documentation/debugging-modules.txt +++ b/Documentation/debugging-modules.txt @@ -16,3 +16,7 @@ echo 'echo "$@" >> /tmp/modprobe.log' >> /tmp/modprobe echo 'exec /sbin/modprobe "$@"' >> /tmp/modprobe chmod a+x /tmp/modprobe echo /tmp/modprobe > /proc/sys/kernel/modprobe + +Note that the above applies only when the *kernel* is requesting +that the module be loaded -- it won't have any effect if that module +is being loaded explicitly using "modprobe" from userspace.