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    SubjectRe: [PATCH 2/4] panic: Allow taint flag for warnings to be changed from TAINT_WARN
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    On Sat, 2010-03-20 at 23:05 +0000, Ben Hutchings wrote:
    > WARN() is used in some places to report firmware or hardware bugs that
    > are then worked-around. These bugs do not affect the stability of the
    > kernel and should not set the usual TAINT_WARN flag. To allow for
    > this, add WARN_TAINT() and WARN_TAINT_ONCE() macros that take a taint
    > flag as argument.
    ..
    > The architecture-specific changes here are untested and need to be
    > reviewed by architecture maintainers.

    I'm not one of them, but this at least builds on powerpc FWIW.

    cheers
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