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-rw-r--r--Documentation/debugging-modules.txt4
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/debugging-modules.txt b/Documentation/debugging-modules.txt
index 24029f65fc9..172ad4aec49 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.