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From: torvalds@transmeta.com (Linus Torvalds)
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: 2.4.14-pre4 tainted + preempt oops...
Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2001 18:13:33 +0000 (UTC)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <9rmqkd$bn9$1@penguin.transmeta.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200110301018.LAA17404@lambik.cc.kuleuven.ac.be>

In article <200110301018.LAA17404@lambik.cc.kuleuven.ac.be>,
Frank Dekervel  <Frank.dekervel@student.kuleuven.ac.Be> wrote:
>
>i know oopses from tainted kernels are probably the result of a broken 
>proprietary module, but this oops seems related with VM or preempt or so..
>the kernel was tainted with vmware and nvidia modules, i'll try to reproduce 
>without them now.

Don't bother, just get pre5. It's a bug in pre4, no blame on vmware or
even nVidia.

		Linus

  reply	other threads:[~2001-10-30 18:15 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2001-10-30 10:18 2.4.14-pre4 tainted + preempt oops Frank Dekervel
2001-10-30 18:13 ` Linus Torvalds [this message]
2001-10-30 21:56   ` Simon Kirby
2001-10-30 23:04     ` Linus Torvalds
2001-10-31  8:52       ` Christoph Rohland

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