Re: RFC: virtualbox tainting.

Valdis.Kletnieks
2011-10-06T19:53:53Z

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On Thu, 06 Oct 2011 15:50:07 EDT, Dave Jones said:

> I feel a bit dirty overloading TAINT_CRAP (even if the name is apropos).
> Should I introduce a TAINT_OUT_OF_TREE perhaps instead ?

That would fix my biggest issue with the patch - it's a slippery slope. But if
we bite the bullet and go straight to the bottom of the slope with an
OUT_OF_TREE taint, I'd be happy with that.

Is there a good way to identify at modprobe time if a module is in-tree or
out-of-tree?

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