Re: The tainted message

Richard Thrapp
2002-04-27T15:51:53Z

On Sat, 2002-04-27 at 07:08, Francois Romieu wrote:
> Richard Thrapp <rthrapp@sbcglobal.net> :
> [...]
> > First of all, the current tainted message is not really useful.
> > "Warning: Loading %s will taint the kernel..." isn't very informative at
> > all. Most people don't know what it means to "taint the kernel". It's
>
> Add a reference to http://www.tux.org/lkml/#s1-18. An explanation is already
> there.

That doesn't fix the problem. The message is still wrong. A reference
to an explanation only helps the people who can reach it immediately.
Linux is also used on manufacturing floors (and several other places)
where no network connections exist.

-- Richard Thrapp