Re: The tainted message

tomas szepe
2002-04-29T17:15:50Z

> > > Warning: The module you have loaded (%s) does not seem to have an open
> > > source license. Please send any kernel problem reports to the
> > > author of this module, or duplicate them from a boot without
> > > ever loading this module before reporting them to the community
> > > or your Linux vendor
> >
> > Perfect. A little long, but otherwise nails it.
> >
> Warning: The module (%s) does not seem to have a compatible license.
> Please contact the supplier of this module regarding any
> problems, or reproduce the problem after rebooting without
> ever loading this module.
>
> shorter?

I don't think you can strip the part about open-ness of the code --
it's an essential part of the explanation. And "any problems" might
be too broad.

Moreover, it would make sense - I believe - to include a conditional
like "Should you encounter problems after ...", as the message, as
it stands in this proposal, is rather scary: It seems to tell the
user to *do* expect problems.

T.

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