Re: [RFC] modpost: add option to allow external modules to avoid taint

Ben Hutchings
2011-12-14T16:52:37Z

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On Wed, 2011-12-14 at 11:20 -0500, John W. Linville wrote:
> In some cases, it might be desirable to package a module from an
> external source tree alongside the base kernel. In those cases, it
> might also be desirable to not have those modules tainting the kernel.
>
> This patch provides a mechanism for an external module build to declare
> itself as an "integrated build". Such a module is then treated the same
> as an intree module.
>
> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
> ---
> Any thoughts on this? I'm thinking of adding this to Fedora kernels,
> where I have been working to integrate the compat-wireless package as
> part of the base kernel RPM.
[...]

If you're integrating it then why can't you *really* build it in-tree?

Ben.

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Ben Hutchings
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