Re: [PATCH ??] Re: incorrect taint of ndiswrapper

Arjan van de Ven
2006-10-27T14:23:47Z

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> From: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com>
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> For ndiswrapper and driverloader, don't set the module->taints
> flags, just set the kernel global tainted flag.
> This should allow ndiswrapper to continue to use GPL symbols.
> Not tested.

can we put something in feature-removal that we'll undo this in say 6
months?

ndiswrapper is easy to fix to not use the internals of the queue_work
api, and just use schedule_work() instead. At that time the
functionality as a whole is still the right one.
(it's a separate question if ndiswrapper should be in this table;
driverloader should be, it's non-GPL at all, so that part of your patch
is broken)

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