Re: 2.6: problem with module tainting the kernel

From: Carsten Otte
Date: Sat Jun 11 2005 - 16:44:20 EST


li nux wrote:

>In 2.6 kernels how to assure that on inserting our own
>module, it doesn't throw the warning:
>
>"unsupported module, tainting kernel"
>
>what tainting depends on apart from the license string ?
>
>
Guess you're using a SuSE Kernel? That one gets tainted once you
load a module that SuSE does not support (meaning, you cannot call
them and complain about the module). No technical problem.

cheers,
Carsten
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