* What does "Tainted: P" or "Tainted: GF" mean?
@ 2004-12-30 13:12 Lei Ming
2004-12-30 13:32 ` Sebastian
2004-12-30 13:36 ` Oliver Neukum
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From: Lei Ming @ 2004-12-30 13:12 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: LKML
Sorry for asking this silly question:
When I use lsmod to list all the modules, it displays "Tainted: P", and
on my friend's machine it's "Tainted: GF".
I know what "Tainted" mean, but what does "P" or "GF" mean? If there are
others than these two, where can I find a list?
Thanks.
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* Re: What does "Tainted: P" or "Tainted: GF" mean?
2004-12-30 13:12 What does "Tainted: P" or "Tainted: GF" mean? Lei Ming
@ 2004-12-30 13:32 ` Sebastian
2004-12-30 13:36 ` Oliver Neukum
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From: Sebastian @ 2004-12-30 13:32 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Lei Ming; +Cc: linux-kernel
On Thu, 30 Dec 2004 21:12:51 +0800
Lei Ming <LeiMing@HotPop.com> wrote:
> Sorry for asking this silly question:
>
> When I use lsmod to list all the modules, it displays "Tainted: P",
> and on my friend's machine it's "Tainted: GF".
>
> I know what "Tainted" mean, but what does "P" or "GF" mean? If there
> are others than these two, where can I find a list?
>
> Thanks.
>
Hi,
you can find informations about 'tainted kernels' at the end of
Documentation/oops-tracing.txt found in any kernel-source.
Sebastian
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* Re: What does "Tainted: P" or "Tainted: GF" mean?
2004-12-30 13:12 What does "Tainted: P" or "Tainted: GF" mean? Lei Ming
2004-12-30 13:32 ` Sebastian
@ 2004-12-30 13:36 ` Oliver Neukum
2004-12-31 0:25 ` Nigel Cunningham
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From: Oliver Neukum @ 2004-12-30 13:36 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Lei Ming; +Cc: LKML
Am Donnerstag, 30. Dezember 2004 14:12 schrieb Lei Ming:
> Sorry for asking this silly question:
>
> When I use lsmod to list all the modules, it displays "Tainted: P", and
> on my friend's machine it's "Tainted: GF".
>
> I know what "Tainted" mean, but what does "P" or "GF" mean? If there are
> others than these two, where can I find a list?
kernel/panic.c:
/**
* print_tainted - return a string to represent the kernel taint state.
*
* 'P' - Proprietary module has been loaded.
* 'F' - Module has been forcibly loaded.
* 'S' - SMP with CPUs not designed for SMP.
* 'R' - User forced a module unload.
* 'M' - Machine had a machine check experience.
* 'B' - System has hit bad_page.
*
* The string is overwritten by the next call to print_taint().
*/
HTH
Oliver
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* Re: What does "Tainted: P" or "Tainted: GF" mean?
2004-12-30 13:36 ` Oliver Neukum
@ 2004-12-31 0:25 ` Nigel Cunningham
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From: Nigel Cunningham @ 2004-12-31 0:25 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Oliver Neukum; +Cc: Lei Ming, LKML
Hi.
On Fri, 2004-12-31 at 00:36, Oliver Neukum wrote:
> * 'M' - Machine had a machine check experience.
Small point, I know, but it's actually called a machine check exception.
Regards,
Nigel
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Canberra, Australia
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