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SubjectRe: A module bug in 2.2.1?
>From: Justin Hahn <jehahn@raven.bu.edu>

>> I just tried "modprobe -s an_unknown_module", and indeed it
>> does try to log the failed request for an unknown module via syslog.
>> If you already have that net-pf-1 line in your /etc/conf.module, you
>> might want to try this:
>>
>> mv /sbin/modprobe /sbin/modprobe.real
>> cat > /sbin/modprobe << EOF
>> #!/bin/sh
>> echo "$*" >> /tmp/modprobe.log
>> EOF
>> reboot
>>
>> This will put a list of the modules that the kernel is
>> tring to load in /tmp/modprobe.log.

>And reboot everytime you try to load a module. Like say, on boot? Not
>exactly what I'd call a good idea.

>-----------------------------------------------
> Justin Hahn <jehahn@raven.bu.edu>
>Systems Administrator Boston University SPI Lab
>-----------------------------------------------

Reread the script. The "reboot" command is not part of the
replacement /sbin/modprobe (notice the position of "EOF").
Although, I did need to add "chmod a+x /sbin/modprobe" before
the reboot, but I already mentioned that to HJ in email not cc'ed
to linux-kernel.

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