Willaby <willaby@pgen.net> writes:
'Warning: loading /lib/modules/2.4.1...../apm.o will taint the kernel: no license' Does anybody know what this means?
Yes, it's a recent change in the kernel structure. All modules now have to declare their freeness to the kernel, or you get that warning. The ultimate aim is to be able to spot people using badly-written unsupported binary-only drivers (can you say "nvidia"?) a mile off. Unfortunately, the current kernel doesn't have all its modules declaring their freeness, hence the "no licence" error and a lot of unnecessary taints. Again, a cock-up in the "stable" series. Expect this to get nailed quite swiftly, though. -- MJR Do you need advice about the Internet or particular net services? Why not talk to my employers? See http://www.luminas.co.uk/ for details.
On Sun, 2001-10-14 at 01:23, MJ Ray wrote:
Willaby <willaby@pgen.net> writes:
'Warning: loading /lib/modules/2.4.1...../apm.o will taint the kernel: no license' Does anybody know what this means?
Yes, it's a recent change in the kernel structure. All modules now have to declare their freeness to the kernel, or you get that warning. The ultimate aim is to be able to spot people using badly-written unsupported binary-only drivers (can you say "nvidia"?) a mile off.
Unfortunately, the current kernel doesn't have all its modules declaring their freeness, hence the "no licence" error and a lot of unnecessary taints. Again, a cock-up in the "stable" series. Expect this to get nailed quite swiftly, though.
Yeah, I searched on "taint kernel" and there were a few posts with those words, but nothing specific. But I came to a conclusion close to that. Which means I cant use ALSA on my notebook yet, either, having to use OSS. Is there a low traffic kernel list, that would provide important information like this? Thanks for the info. Andrew.
On Sun, Oct 14, 2001 at 10:50:13AM +0000, Willaby wrote:
Is there a low traffic kernel list, that would provide important information like this?
Dunno. Kernel Traffic (http://kt.zork.net/ or http://kt.earth.li/ for the UK mirror) is well worth a weekly peruse though. J. -- I am the great Cornholio! I need some TP for my bumhole!
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