[PATCH] WTF is VLI?

From: Hugh Dickins
Date: Thu Nov 11 2004 - 16:06:53 EST


What is this "VLI" that 2.6.9 started putting after the taint string
in i386 oopses? Vick Library Index? Vineyard Leadership Institute?
Shall we just remove it?

Signed-off-by: Hugh Dickins <hugh@xxxxxxxxxxx>

--- 2.6.10-rc1-bk20/arch/i386/kernel/traps.c 2004-11-10 14:05:34.000000000 +0000
+++ linux/arch/i386/kernel/traps.c 2004-11-11 20:53:06.725490224 +0000
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ void show_registers(struct pt_regs *regs
ss = regs->xss & 0xffff;
}
print_modules();
- printk("CPU: %d\nEIP: %04x:[<%08lx>] %s VLI\nEFLAGS: %08lx"
+ printk("CPU: %d\nEIP: %04x:[<%08lx>] %s\nEFLAGS: %08lx"
" (%s) \n",
smp_processor_id(), 0xffff & regs->xcs, regs->eip,
print_tainted(), regs->eflags, system_utsname.release);

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