Re: [PATCH] Blacklist binary-only modules lying about their license

Marc Boucher
2004-04-27T17:33:48Z

Hi Adam,

On Apr 27, 2004, at 1:25 PM, Adam Jaskiewicz wrote:

>
>> Actually, we also have no desire nor purpose to prevent tainting. The
>> purpose
>> of the workaround is to avoid repetitive warning messages generated
>> when
>> multiple modules belonging to a single logical "driver" are loaded
>> (even when
>> a module is only probed but not used due to the hardware not being
>> present).
>> Although the issue may sound trivial/harmless to people on the lkml,
>> it was a
>> frequent cause of confusion for the average person.
>>
> Would it not be better to simply place a notice in the readme
> explaining what
> the error messages mean, rather than working around the liscense
> checking
> code? Educate the users, rather than fibbing.

Good idea. We will try to clarify the matter in the docs for the next
release.
A lot of users don't read them though, so a proper fix remains
necessary..

Regards
Marc

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