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Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2003 15:55:00 -0700 (PDT)
From: Pawan Deepika <pawan_deepika@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: 'tainting kernel' problem in linux-2.4.18
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Thanks a lot.

 Putting MODULE_LICENSE solved my problem.

Cheers
Deepika

--- "Richard B. Johnson" <root@chaos.analogic.com>
wrote:
> On Tue, 29 Apr 2003, Pawan Deepika wrote:
> 
> >
> > 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
> >
> The module police now require you to put something
> like:
> MODULE_LICENSE("Spellman Empire") (or something like
> that)
> in your module.
> 
> Cheers,
> Dick Johnson
> Penguin : Linux version 2.4.20 on an i686 machine
> (797.90 BogoMips).
> Why is the government concerned about the lunatic
> fringe? Think about it.
> 
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