FreeBSD/Linux Kernel Cross Reference
sys/Documentation/debugging-modules.txt

     Debugging Modules after 2.6.3
     -----------------------------
     
     In almost all distributions, the kernel asks for modules which don't
     exist, such as "net-pf-10" or whatever.  Changing "modprobe -q" to
     "succeed" in this case is hacky and breaks some setups, and also we
     want to know if it failed for the fallback code for old aliases in
     fs/char_dev.c, for example.
     
    In the past a debugging message which would fill people's logs was
    emitted.  This debugging message has been removed.  The correct way
    of debugging module problems is something like this:
    
    echo '#! /bin/sh' > /tmp/modprobe
    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.

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