Pawan Deepika wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am trying LKM with linux-2.4.18. I have a problem
> here. When I load the module using 'insmod' command,
> module gets loaded but I get following error
>
> ------------------------------------------------------
> /sbin/insmod ./hello.o
> Warning: loading ./hello.o will taint the kernel: no
> license
> See http://www.tux.org/lkml/#export-tainted for
> information about tainted modules
> Module hello loaded, with warnings
> ----------------------------------------------------
>
> Can anyone tell me why I am getting this problem and
> what is the impact of this error while module is
> running in kernel.
Read the url provided in the error message.
If that is not enough, perhaps this one will help:
http://lwn.net/2001/0906/kernel.php3
You may want to try kernel-newbies instead since this would be more
on-topic there.
HTH,
Eli
--------------------. "If it ain't broke now,
Eli Carter \ it will be soon." -- crypto-gram
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