From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261881AbTD2VlF (ORCPT ); Tue, 29 Apr 2003 17:41:05 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261880AbTD2VlF (ORCPT ); Tue, 29 Apr 2003 17:41:05 -0400 Received: from web41608.mail.yahoo.com ([66.218.93.108]:50046 "HELO web41608.mail.yahoo.com") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S261881AbTD2VlE (ORCPT ); Tue, 29 Apr 2003 17:41:04 -0400 Message-ID: <20030429215318.27252.qmail@web41608.mail.yahoo.com> Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2003 14:53:18 -0700 (PDT) From: Pawan Deepika Subject: 'tainting kernel' problem in linux-2.4.18 To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi, I am trying LKM with linux-2.4.18. I have a problem here. When I load the module using 'insmod' command, module gets loaded but I get following error ------------------------------------------------------ /sbin/insmod ./hello.o Warning: loading ./hello.o will taint the kernel: no license See http://www.tux.org/lkml/#export-tainted for information about tainted modules Module hello loaded, with warnings ---------------------------------------------------- Can anyone tell me why I am getting this problem and what is the impact of this error while module is running in kernel. Thanks in advance. Regards, Deepika __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo. http://search.yahoo.com