From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from cactus.bheadley.org (d248.focal4.interaccess.com [207.208.139.248]) by dsl2.external.hp.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 48237482A for ; Wed, 9 Jan 2002 10:24:10 -0700 (MST) Message-ID: <3C3C7C09.8060609@interaccess.com> Date: Wed, 09 Jan 2002 11:21:13 -0600 From: "Bryan W. Headley" MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Bruno Vidal Cc: "parisc-linux@lists.parisc-linux.org" Subject: Re: [parisc-linux] loading the dump modules: will taint the kernel. References: <3C3C79B1.2D4AF279@admin.france.hp.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Sender: parisc-linux-admin@lists.parisc-linux.org Errors-To: parisc-linux-admin@lists.parisc-linux.org List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: parisc-linux developers list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Bruno Vidal wrote: > Hi > I've created a modules for the dump driver. When loading the > modules I receive the following message: > #insmod dump > Using /lib/modules/2.4.17-pa3/kernel/drivers/dump/dump.o > Warning: loading /lib/modules/2.4.17-pa3/kernel/drivers/dump/dump.o will taint the kernel: no license > > But everything seems okay, the modules is here, everything is here ??? > What means this message ? > > thanks. > > Did you/Are you releasing this module under a GPL license? Then add to the source, MODULE_AUTHOR("James Bottomley"); MODULE_DESCRIPTION("lasi700 SCSI Driver"); MODULE_LICENSE("GPL"); MODULE_PARM(lasi700, "s"); Of course, change the author, description and parameters. See include/linux/modules.h for docs, other macros. The other license types are listed in there, too. -- ____ .:. ____ Bryan W. Headley - bheadley@interaccess.com