Re: 2.6: problem with module tainting the kernel

From: randy_dunlap
Date: Fri Jun 10 2005 - 22:19:16 EST


On Fri, 10 Jun 2005 08:24:50 -0700 (PDT) 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"

That string is not in the kernel source code that I can see.
Be more precise, please.


| what tainting depends on apart from the license string ?

load:

- CONFIG_MODVERSIONS is set but some symbol does not have
version info

- a license that is not GPL-compatible

- no version magic info for the module

unload:

- forcefully unloading a module

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~Randy
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