Messages in this thread | | | From | "Albert D. Cahalan" <> | Subject | Re: Linux 2.4.9-ac5 | Date | Fri, 31 Aug 2001 01:43:03 -0400 (EDT) |
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Keith Owens writes:
> Solution: /proc/sys/kernel/tainted. Set to 0 on boot, set to 1 by > insmod when it finds a non-GPL module, printed by panic, extracted by > ksymoops. Any load of a proprietary module taints the kernel, even if > it is later removed. The kernel code for that sysctl only allows taint > to be set, not to be cleared.
The LGPL, X11, and 2-clause BSD licenses shouldn't set the tainted flag. Perhaps the licenses should simply be listed.
$ cat /proc/sys/kernel/licenses GPL Public Domain unknown BSD(2) Microsoft-EULA-v666 - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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