From: Vincent Hanquez <tab@crans.org>
To: Qin Tao <qtao@cisunix.unh.edu>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: kernel taint
Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2002 13:06:35 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20020624110635.GA9504@darwin.crans.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.OSF.4.44.0206231524160.455830-100000@hypatia.unh.edu>
On Sun, Jun 23, 2002 at 03:37:47PM -0400, Qin Tao wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am using redhat7.3 (kernel 2.4.18-3). When I tried to insert a
> kernel module, I got the following warning message:
>
> "Warning: loading mymodule.o will taint the kernel: forced load"
>
> I didn't see this problem when I inserted the module to some earlier
> version kernels, such as 2.4.15. Does anybody know what does the warning
> message mean and how can I modify my module code to avoid that?
>
> Thanks in advance.
I think you can add : MODULE_LICENSE("GPL"); to avoid to taint the
kernel.
you can find others license in the linux source code.
Restrictive licence or unknown license may taint the kernel too.
--
Tab
prev parent reply other threads:[~2002-06-24 11:06 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2002-06-23 19:37 Qin Tao
2002-06-23 21:53 ` Samuel Flory
2002-06-24 11:06 ` Vincent Hanquez [this message]
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