From: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>
To: Amitav Mohanty <amitavmohanty01@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Help needed to interpret kernel warning and call trace
Date: Mon, 01 Sep 2014 14:10:08 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <5404C490.9080008@lwfinger.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAG0uzYM77jdNNbQem_uVN-k5hk2Yh=PaHj=pBXbesocY_9ZHsA@mail.gmail.com>
On 09/01/2014 01:55 PM, Amitav Mohanty wrote:
> Hey Larry
>
> Thank you for the prompt reply. I am not a kernel dev. My intension
> was to seek help and understand how this impacts my system. I looked
> for removing the taint. However, it seems Nvidia driver is the one
> that is tainting the kernel. Since this is the laptop I use for work,
> I don't think I can remove NVidia driver. If I understand correctly,
> using the Nouveau driver instead the proprietary one should remove the
> taint. Is there any other way I can help ?
Yes, nvidia does taint the kernel. If nouveau works, that would remove the taint.
The warning will have exactly zero impact on your system, other than to pollute
your logs.
Larry
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-09-01 19:10 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-09-01 18:28 Help needed to interpret kernel warning and call trace Amitav Mohanty
2014-09-01 18:41 ` Larry Finger
2014-09-01 18:55 ` Amitav Mohanty
2014-09-01 19:10 ` Larry Finger [this message]
2014-09-01 19:47 ` Amitav Mohanty
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