Messages in this thread |  | | | Subject | Re: incorrect taint of ndiswrapper | | From | Bernd Petrovitsch <> | | Date | Mon, 23 Oct 2006 10:24:06 +0200 |
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On Sun, 2006-10-22 at 22:41 -0700, Giridhar Pemmasani wrote: > It seems that the kernel module loader taints ndiswrapper module as > proprietary, but it is not - it is fully GPL: see > http://directory.fsf.org/sysadmin/hookup/ndiswrapper.html > > Note that when a driver is loaded, ndiswrapper does taint the kernel (to be > more accurate, it should check if the driver being loaded is GPL or not, but > that is not done).
There is no reason (apart from "it hasn't been done yet2 which is a very weak reason) to use ndiswrapper with a GPL-module - just port the GPL-module over.
Bernd -- Firmix Software GmbH http://www.firmix.at/ mobil: +43 664 4416156 fax: +43 1 7890849-55 Embedded Linux Development and Services
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