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From: Keith Owens <kaos@ocs.com.au>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: The tainted message
Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2002 09:06:14 +1000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <26170.1020121574@ocs3.intra.ocs.com.au> (raw)
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 29 Apr 2002 21:21:07 +0200." <20020429192107.GA26369@louise.pinerecords.com>

On Mon, 29 Apr 2002 21:21:07 +0200, 
tomas szepe <kala@pinerecords.com> wrote:
>Now, would anyone attempt to sum up all the points made here and come up
>w/ something like a "final-draft" proposal?

What next, gcc warnings that include sections of the C99 standard or
chunks of the info entry?  There are reasons that documentation is
separate from error and warning messages.

Summary:

  Nobody can agree on the warning text.  Anything less than the full
  kernel FAQ entry is incomplete.

  Vendors who ship binary modules and support their users should use
  different text, pointing to the vendor's support policy instead of
  bothering linux-kernel.

Solution:

  modutils 2.4.16 says

  Warning: loading <module> will taint the kernel.  Reason <reason>
    See <TAINT_URL> for information on tainted modules
  Module loaded, with warnings

  Printing 'Module loaded, with warnings' makes it clear that the
  module has been loaded.  TAINT_URL defaults to lkml FAQ.  Vendors can
  ship modutils with a TAINT_URL that points to their support policy.


  parent reply	other threads:[~2002-04-29 23:06 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 42+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2002-04-27  4:51 The tainted message Richard Thrapp
2002-04-27  7:50 ` arjan
2002-04-27  8:06 ` Enrico Demarin
2002-04-27 18:45   ` Alan Cox
2002-04-27 12:08 ` Francois Romieu
2002-04-27 15:51   ` Richard Thrapp
2002-04-27 17:02     ` was: " Francois Romieu
2002-04-28  0:33     ` Keith Owens
2002-04-27 15:20 ` Alan Cox
2002-04-27 14:27   ` Martin Dalecki
2002-04-27 18:41     ` Alan Cox
2002-04-27 16:03   ` Richard Thrapp
2002-04-27 16:28   ` Bob_Tracy
2002-04-27 16:57   ` Robert Love
2002-04-29 16:59     ` Brian Beattie
2002-04-29 17:15       ` tomas szepe
2002-04-29 17:43         ` Ian Molton
2002-04-29 17:41           ` Thomas 'Dent' Mirlacher
2002-04-29 18:16             ` Ian Molton
2002-04-29 18:14               ` tomas szepe
2002-04-29 17:42           ` tomas szepe
2002-04-29 19:11             ` John Alvord
2002-04-29 19:21               ` tomas szepe
2002-04-29 18:41                 ` Sandy Harris
2002-04-29 20:00                   ` tomas szepe
2002-04-29 23:06                 ` Keith Owens [this message]
2002-04-29 23:53                   ` tomas szepe
2002-04-30 13:37                   ` john slee
2002-04-30 13:44                     ` Keith Owens
2002-04-29 18:14           ` Christian Bornträger
2002-04-29 17:34             ` Sandy Harris
2002-04-27 19:22   ` Chris Abbey
2002-04-27 19:50     ` Alan Cox
2002-04-28  0:27   ` Keith Owens
2002-04-28  1:27     ` Richard Thrapp
2002-04-28  1:41       ` Keith Owens
2002-04-28  2:14         ` Richard Thrapp
2002-04-28  2:00       ` Alan Cox
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2002-04-30  8:36 Martin Knoblauch
2002-05-02  7:35 Martin Knoblauch
2002-05-02 11:55 ` Keith Owens
2002-05-02 13:08   ` Martin Knoblauch

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