diff -Nru hw-detect-1.117ubuntu2/check-missing-firmware.sh hw-detect-1.117ubuntu3/check-missing-firmware.sh
--- hw-detect-1.117ubuntu2/check-missing-firmware.sh	2016-04-14 13:12:56.000000000 +0000
+++ hw-detect-1.117ubuntu3/check-missing-firmware.sh	2016-09-29 13:50:09.000000000 +0000
@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@
 		if ! nic_is_configured $module; then
 			log "removing and loading kernel module $module"
 			modprobe -r $module || true
-			modprobe $module || true
+			modprobe -b $module || true
 		fi
 	done
 done
diff -Nru hw-detect-1.117ubuntu2/debian/changelog hw-detect-1.117ubuntu3/debian/changelog
--- hw-detect-1.117ubuntu2/debian/changelog	2016-04-14 13:16:19.000000000 +0000
+++ hw-detect-1.117ubuntu3/debian/changelog	2016-09-29 13:52:10.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+hw-detect (1.117ubuntu3) yakkety; urgency=medium
+
+  * {hw-,disk-,net}detect.sh, check-missing-firmware.sh: use 'modprobe -b'
+    in order to honor module blacklisting from kernel cmdline parameters.
+    (LP: #1602717)
+
+ -- Mauricio Faria de Oliveira <mauricfo@linux.vnet.ibm.com>  Thu, 29 Sep 2016 09:52:10 -0400
+
 hw-detect (1.117ubuntu2) xenial; urgency=medium
 
   * Enable disk-detect/multipath/enable by default on s390x.
diff -Nru hw-detect-1.117ubuntu2/disk-detect.sh hw-detect-1.117ubuntu3/disk-detect.sh
--- hw-detect-1.117ubuntu2/disk-detect.sh	2016-04-14 13:12:56.000000000 +0000
+++ hw-detect-1.117ubuntu3/disk-detect.sh	2016-09-29 13:50:09.000000000 +0000
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@
 	local olddevs=""
 	local newdev=""
 	
-	if ! log-output -t disk-detect modprobe -v "$module"; then
+	if ! log-output -t disk-detect modprobe -v -b "$module"; then
 		# Prompt the user for parameters for the module.
 		local template="hw-detect/retry_params"
 		local question="$template/$module"
@@ -88,9 +88,9 @@
 		local params="$RET"
 
 		if [ -n "$params" ]; then
-			if ! log-output -t disk-detect modprobe -v "$module" $params; then
+			if ! log-output -t disk-detect modprobe -v -b "$module" $params; then
 				db_unregister "$question"
-				db_subst hw-detect/modprobe_error CMD_LINE_PARAM "modprobe -v $module $params"
+				db_subst hw-detect/modprobe_error CMD_LINE_PARAM "modprobe -v -b $module $params"
 				db_input critical hw-detect/modprobe_error || [ $? -eq 30 ]
 				db_go
 				false
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@
 	mkdir -p /dev/md
 	depmod -a >/dev/null 2>&1
 	for mod in dm-mod md-mod linear multipath raid0 raid1 raid456 raid5 raid6 raid10; do
-		modprobe $mod >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
+		modprobe -b $mod >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
 	done
 	if mdadm --examine --scan | grep -q container ; then
 		logger -t disk-detect "MDADM container(s) detected. (Intel/DDF RAID)"
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@
 			module_probe dm-multipath || true
 		fi
 		# No way to check whether this is loaded already?
-		log-output -t disk-detect modprobe -v dm-round-robin || true
+		log-output -t disk-detect modprobe -v -b dm-round-robin || true
 
 		# ensure multipath and sg3 udev rules are run before we probe.
 		if [ -x /bin/udevadm ]; then
diff -Nru hw-detect-1.117ubuntu2/ethdetect.sh hw-detect-1.117ubuntu3/ethdetect.sh
--- hw-detect-1.117ubuntu2/ethdetect.sh	2016-04-14 13:12:56.000000000 +0000
+++ hw-detect-1.117ubuntu3/ethdetect.sh	2016-09-29 13:50:09.000000000 +0000
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@
 
 	devs="$(snapshot_devs)"
 
-	if ! log-output -t ethdetect modprobe -v "$module"; then
+	if ! log-output -t ethdetect modprobe -v -b "$module"; then
 		# Prompt the user for parameters for the module.
 		local template="hw-detect/retry_params"
 		local question="$template/$module"
@@ -139,9 +139,9 @@
 		local params="$RET"
 
 		if [ -n "$params" ]; then
-			if ! log-output -t ethdetect modprobe -v "$module" $params; then
+			if ! log-output -t ethdetect modprobe -v -b "$module" $params; then
 				db_unregister "$question"
-				db_subst hw-detect/modprobe_error CMD_LINE_PARAM "modprobe -v $module $params"
+				db_subst hw-detect/modprobe_error CMD_LINE_PARAM "modprobe -v -b $module $params"
 				db_input critical hw-detect/modprobe_error || [ $? -eq 30 ]
 				db_go
 				false
diff -Nru hw-detect-1.117ubuntu2/hw-detect.sh hw-detect-1.117ubuntu3/hw-detect.sh
--- hw-detect-1.117ubuntu2/hw-detect.sh	2016-04-14 13:12:56.000000000 +0000
+++ hw-detect-1.117ubuntu3/hw-detect.sh	2016-09-29 13:50:09.000000000 +0000
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@
 	echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/printk
 
 	devs="$(snapshot_devs)"
-	if log-output -t hw-detect modprobe -v "$module"; then
+	if log-output -t hw-detect modprobe -v -b "$module"; then
 		olddevs="$devs"
 		devs="$(snapshot_devs)"
 		newdevs="$(compare_devs "$olddevs" "$devs")"
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@
 		log "Error loading '$module'"
 		if [ "$module" != floppy ] && [ "$module" != ide-floppy ] && \
 		   [ "$module" != ide-cd ] && [ "$module" != ide-generic ]; then
-			db_subst hw-detect/modprobe_error CMD_LINE_PARAM "modprobe -v $module"
+			db_subst hw-detect/modprobe_error CMD_LINE_PARAM "modprobe -v -b $module"
 			db_input medium hw-detect/modprobe_error || [ $? -eq 30 ]
 			db_go
 		fi