Re: kernel BUG at net/core/skbuff.c in linux-2.6.21-rc6

Jesper Juhl
2007-04-10T11:25:58Z

On 10/04/07, Bartek <poemann@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Apr 8 21:47:22 localhost kernel: EIP: 0060:[<c021b4d7>]
> > Tainted: P VLI
>
> Someone in private took me a noticed of a still tainted kernel. I
> didn't noticed that, I am sorry for that. I was sure that unloaded
> proprietary modules should resolve the problem. My fault. I will try
> to reproduce the crash again.
>

It is not enough to unload proprietary modules. As long as they have
ever been loaded at all the kernel is tainted.
You need to ensure that the proprietary modules never get loaded at
all. I guess you probably already worked that out, just wanted to
point it out just in case :-)

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