Re: Linux 2.4.9-ac5

Alan Cox
2001-08-31T13:49:29Z

> Solution: /proc/sys/kernel/tainted. Set to 0 on boot, set to 1 by
> insmod when it finds a non-GPL module, printed by panic, extracted by
> ksymoops. Any load of a proprietary module taints the kernel, even if
> it is later removed. The kernel code for that sysctl only allows taint
> to be set, not to be cleared.

That would certainly work well enough.

Alan