From: Oliver Neukum <oliver@neukum.org>
To: Lei Ming <LeiMing@HotPop.com>
Cc: LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: What does "Tainted: P" or "Tainted: GF" mean?
Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2004 14:36:22 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <200412301436.23272.oliver@neukum.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <41D3FED3.7030909@HotPop.com>
Am Donnerstag, 30. Dezember 2004 14:12 schrieb Lei Ming:
> Sorry for asking this silly question:
>
> When I use lsmod to list all the modules, it displays "Tainted: P", and
> on my friend's machine it's "Tainted: GF".
>
> I know what "Tainted" mean, but what does "P" or "GF" mean? If there are
> others than these two, where can I find a list?
kernel/panic.c:
/**
* print_tainted - return a string to represent the kernel taint state.
*
* 'P' - Proprietary module has been loaded.
* 'F' - Module has been forcibly loaded.
* 'S' - SMP with CPUs not designed for SMP.
* 'R' - User forced a module unload.
* 'M' - Machine had a machine check experience.
* 'B' - System has hit bad_page.
*
* The string is overwritten by the next call to print_taint().
*/
HTH
Oliver
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-12-30 13:49 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-12-30 13:12 What does "Tainted: P" or "Tainted: GF" mean? Lei Ming
2004-12-30 13:32 ` Sebastian
2004-12-30 13:36 ` Oliver Neukum [this message]
2004-12-31 0:25 ` Nigel Cunningham
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