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From: Dave Jones <davej@codemonkey.org.uk>
To: Kendrick Hamilton <hamilton@sedsystems.ca>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Linux crashes after installing a module. (Please CC hamilton@sedsystems.ca)
Date: Tue, 20 May 2003 23:18:59 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20030520221859.GA8567@suse.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0305201601040.2041-100000@sw-55.sedsystems.ca>

On Tue, May 20, 2003 at 04:07:07PM -0600, Kendrick Hamilton wrote:
 > Hi,
 > 	We are developping a module for a custom built card. The module 
 > installs fine on some computers and not on others. All computers are 
 > running 2.4.18 or 2.4.20 kernel. Here is a dump of installing the module 
 > and linux crashing. The module is tainting the kernel (I plan on GPLing 
 > the module and if you want code for it, I can send it to you, I just don't 
 > know how to flag it as GPLed).

The tainting is easily fixed with a one liner..
MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");

Why your code crashes however, is impossible for anyone to tell without
seeing the code.

		Dave

      reply	other threads:[~2003-05-20 22:02 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2003-05-20 22:07 Linux crashes after installing a module. (Please CC hamilton@sedsystems.ca) Kendrick Hamilton
2003-05-20 22:18 ` Dave Jones [this message]

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