From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261558AbVFKDSU (ORCPT ); Fri, 10 Jun 2005 23:18:20 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261615AbVFKDSU (ORCPT ); Fri, 10 Jun 2005 23:18:20 -0400 Received: from titan.genwebhost.com ([209.9.226.66]:22937 "EHLO titan.genwebhost.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261558AbVFKDSQ (ORCPT ); Fri, 10 Jun 2005 23:18:16 -0400 Date: Fri, 10 Jun 2005 20:18:12 -0700 From: randy_dunlap To: li nux Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: 2.6: problem with module tainting the kernel Message-Id: <20050610201812.037b6a01.rdunlap@xenotime.net> In-Reply-To: <20050610152450.82261.qmail@web33315.mail.mud.yahoo.com> References: <20050610152450.82261.qmail@web33315.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Organization: YPO4 X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 1.0.4 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i686-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - titan.genwebhost.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - vger.kernel.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [0 0] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - xenotime.net X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, 10 Jun 2005 08:24:50 -0700 (PDT) li nux wrote: | In 2.6 kernels how to assure that on inserting our own | module, it doesn't throw the warning: | | "unsupported module, tainting kernel" That string is not in the kernel source code that I can see. Be more precise, please. | what tainting depends on apart from the license string ? load: - CONFIG_MODVERSIONS is set but some symbol does not have version info - a license that is not GPL-compatible - no version magic info for the module unload: - forcefully unloading a module --- ~Randy