Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Wed, 05 Sep 2001 13:16:58 +0100 | From | Arjan van de Ven <> | Subject | Re: Linux 2.4.9-ac6 |
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Alan Cox wrote: > > > based upon whether you have the source or not. What should logically taint > > the kernel are modules that weren't compiled for that exact kernel version > > or are otherwise mismatched. > > Setting a flag for the insmod -f required case as well is an extremely good > idea. This is entirely about making information available nothing else and > your suggestion there is a good one.
How about making the "tainted" field a bitmask ? eg bit 0 --> non GPL/BSD module bit 1 --> insmod -f
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