Documentation: Clarify when module debugging actually works.

Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@crashcourse.ca> Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@kernel.org>

Documentation: Clarify when module debugging actually works.
Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@crashcourse.ca> Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@kernel.org>
Robert P. J. Day · Adrian Bunk
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Documentation/debugging-modules.txt
@@ -16,4 +16,8 @@
 echo 'exec /sbin/modprobe "$@"' >> /tmp/modprobe
 chmod a+x /tmp/modprobe
 echo /tmp/modprobe > /proc/sys/kernel/modprobe
+
+Note that the above applies only when the *kernel* is requesting
+that the module be loaded -- it won't have any effect if that module
+is being loaded explicitly using "modprobe" from userspace.
...	...	@@ -16,4 +16,8 @@
16	16	echo 'exec /sbin/modprobe "$@"' >> /tmp/modprobe
17	17	chmod a+x /tmp/modprobe
18	18	echo /tmp/modprobe > /proc/sys/kernel/modprobe
	19	+
	20	+Note that the above applies only when the kernel is requesting
	21	+that the module be loaded -- it won't have any effect if that module
	22	+is being loaded explicitly using "modprobe" from userspace.