Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 7 Oct 2011 11:10:04 -0400 | From | Dave Jones <> | Subject | Re: RFC: virtualbox tainting. |
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On Fri, Oct 07, 2011 at 04:40:53PM +0200, Frank Mehnert wrote:
> I can understand that you would rather ignore bug reports from external > kernel modules. On the other hand I don't like the TAINT_CRAP flag as > you can probably imagine. > > Why not just mark external modules like Bastian Blank suggested? I can > assure that we will not try circumvent a TAINT_OOT_MODULE flag.
Sure. The exact mechanism used doesn't matter to me.
> Please also note that we always have good relations to the open source > community so feel free to point me an archive where all these kernel > panic reports arrive which you've got.
Search through the fedora kernel bugs at bugzilla.redhat.com for 'vboxdrv' or 'virtual box' (note to search for closed bugs as well as open ones).
> We fixed some bugs in our kernel > modules in the past and it is even possible that some of the current > bug reports are from older versions of VirtualBox which might have been > fixed in the meantime. > > And of course, helpful and constructive critism is always appreciated.
If you'd like to be cc'd on those reports, I can add you to the bugs when we go through them if you create a bugzilla account.
Dave
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