Re: What does tainting actually mean?

From: Jurriaan
Date: Tue Apr 27 2004 - 23:30:28 EST


From: Nigel Cunningham <ncunningham@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, Apr 28, 2004 at 02:00:35PM +1000
> Hi all.
>
> I'm probably going to regret this, but seeing the current discussion on
> binary modules makes me wonder:
>
> What does tainting actually mean?
>
It means you can never be sure the bug is _not_ in some binary module.
It may be unprobable, you may be able to find a bug in the kernel, but
you're never _sure_.

Jurriaan
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