Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 29 Apr 2002 14:41:42 -0400 | From | Sandy Harris <> | Subject | Re: The tainted message |
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tomas szepe wrote:
> > >> thie warning should be: > > >> > > >> Warning: Module %s is not open source, and as such, loading it will make > > >> your kernel un-debuggable. Please do not submit bug reports from a kernel > > >> with this module loaded, as they will be useless, and likely ignored. > > > > > >Very good! I'd only change the tense to "The non-opensource module %s is > > >about to be loaded, which will make your kernel impossible to debug," so > > >that it's crystal clear that the message is not a failure notification. > > > > Pschologically it would be better to phrase it as a postive statement. > > > > Warning: Module %s is not open source, and as such, loading it will > > make your kernel un-debuggable. Before reporting problems to > > Linux-kernel, please replicate the problem without the module loaded. > > You're right. And, hmmm, tell you what.. I also like your version because > it makes no statements whatsoever about vendor support, or support from > anyone else than the people on linux-kernel. > > Now, would anyone attempt to sum up all the points made here and come up > w/ something like a "final-draft" proposal?
Warning: Source code for module %s is not publicly available. Problems with a kernel that has loaded this module can be debugged only by someone with access to the module source. Before reporting a problem to the Linux kernel mailing list, please replicate the problem without the module loaded. - 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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