From: Richard Thrapp <rthrapp@sbcglobal.net>
To: Francois Romieu <romieu@cogenit.fr>,
linux-kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: The tainted message
Date: 27 Apr 2002 10:51:52 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1019922717.8819.62.camel@wizard> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20020427140830.A32034@fafner.intra.cogenit.fr>
On Sat, 2002-04-27 at 07:08, Francois Romieu wrote:
> Richard Thrapp <rthrapp@sbcglobal.net> :
> [...]
> > First of all, the current tainted message is not really useful.
> > "Warning: Loading %s will taint the kernel..." isn't very informative at
> > all. Most people don't know what it means to "taint the kernel". It's
>
> Add a reference to http://www.tux.org/lkml/#s1-18. An explanation is already
> there.
That doesn't fix the problem. The message is still wrong. A reference
to an explanation only helps the people who can reach it immediately.
Linux is also used on manufacturing floors (and several other places)
where no network connections exist.
-- Richard Thrapp
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2002-04-27 15:51 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 42+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2002-04-27 4:51 The tainted message Richard Thrapp
2002-04-27 7:50 ` arjan
2002-04-27 8:06 ` Enrico Demarin
2002-04-27 18:45 ` Alan Cox
2002-04-27 12:08 ` Francois Romieu
2002-04-27 15:51 ` Richard Thrapp [this message]
2002-04-27 17:02 ` was: " Francois Romieu
2002-04-28 0:33 ` Keith Owens
2002-04-27 15:20 ` Alan Cox
2002-04-27 14:27 ` Martin Dalecki
2002-04-27 18:41 ` Alan Cox
2002-04-27 16:03 ` Richard Thrapp
2002-04-27 16:28 ` Bob_Tracy
2002-04-27 16:57 ` Robert Love
2002-04-29 16:59 ` Brian Beattie
2002-04-29 17:15 ` tomas szepe
2002-04-29 17:43 ` Ian Molton
2002-04-29 17:41 ` Thomas 'Dent' Mirlacher
2002-04-29 18:16 ` Ian Molton
2002-04-29 18:14 ` tomas szepe
2002-04-29 17:42 ` tomas szepe
2002-04-29 19:11 ` John Alvord
2002-04-29 19:21 ` tomas szepe
2002-04-29 18:41 ` Sandy Harris
2002-04-29 20:00 ` tomas szepe
2002-04-29 23:06 ` Keith Owens
2002-04-29 23:53 ` tomas szepe
2002-04-30 13:37 ` john slee
2002-04-30 13:44 ` Keith Owens
2002-04-29 18:14 ` Christian Bornträger
2002-04-29 17:34 ` Sandy Harris
2002-04-27 19:22 ` Chris Abbey
2002-04-27 19:50 ` Alan Cox
2002-04-28 0:27 ` Keith Owens
2002-04-28 1:27 ` Richard Thrapp
2002-04-28 1:41 ` Keith Owens
2002-04-28 2:14 ` Richard Thrapp
2002-04-28 2:00 ` Alan Cox
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2002-04-30 8:36 Martin Knoblauch
2002-05-02 7:35 Martin Knoblauch
2002-05-02 11:55 ` Keith Owens
2002-05-02 13:08 ` Martin Knoblauch
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