Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 20 Oct 2008 14:40:18 -0700 | From | Greg KH <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Document kernel taint flags properly |
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On Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 02:37:52PM -0700, Randy Dunlap wrote: > Greg KH wrote: > > On Sat, Oct 18, 2008 at 03:51:11AM -0500, Michael Kerrisk wrote: > > > >> Greg, > >> > >> Small corrections below. > >> > >> On Fri, Oct 17, 2008 at 5:55 PM, Greg KH <greg@kroah.com> wrote: > >> > >>> From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de> > >>> > >>> This fills in the documentation for all of the current kernel taint > >>> flags, and fixes the number for TAINT_CRAP, which was incorrectly > >>> described. > >>> > >>> Cc: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> > >>> Cc: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net> > >>> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de> > >>> > >>> --- > >>> Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt | 24 +++++++++++++++++------- > >>> 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) > >>> > >>> --- a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt > >>> +++ b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt > >>> @@ -363,11 +363,21 @@ tainted: > >>> Non-zero if the kernel has been tainted. Numeric values, which > >>> can be ORed together: > >>> > >>> - 1 - A module with a non-GPL license has been loaded, this > >>> - includes modules with no license. > >>> - Set by modutils >= 2.4.9 and module-init-tools. > >>> - 2 - A module was force loaded by insmod -f. > >>> - Set by modutils >= 2.4.9 and module-init-tools. > >>> - 4 - Unsafe SMP processors: SMP with CPUs not designed for SMP. > >>> - 64 - A module from drivers/staging was loaded. > >>> + 1 - A module with a non-GPL license has been loaded, this > >>> + includes modules with no license. > >>> + Set by modutils >= 2.4.9 and module-init-tools. > >>> + 2 - A module was force loaded by insmod -f. > >>> + Set by modutils >= 2.4.9 and module-init-tools. > >>> + 4 - Unsafe SMP processors: SMP with CPUs not designed for SMP. > >>> + 8 - A module was forcefully unloaded from the system by rmmod -f. > >>> > >> s/forcefully/forcibly/ > >> > >> > >>> + 16 - A hardware machine check error occured on the system. > >>> > >> occurred > >> > > > > Thanks, I've updated this in my version. > > > > Randy, I can send this through my tree, is that ok? Or do you want it > > to go through yours? > > > You please go ahead with it.
Will do.
thanks,
greg k-h
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