* Andreas Jaeger [2006-11-23 21:33]:

We modularized ext2 and forgot to mark this as supported. This is really more for the enterprise distributions but it should be set here as well,

Can't we disable this supported/unsupported stuff for openSUSE at all, because openSUSE is completely unsupported ("supported" != "tained")? At least the warning is annoying, IMO. Of course, not for 10.2, but 10.3? Regards, Bernhard

Andreas Jaeger schrieb:

Frank-Michael Fischer writes:

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from /var/log/boot.omsg after a 10.2 RC1 boot:

"<4>ext2: module not supported by Novell, setting U taint flag."

1. Is there a module from "Novell" handling ext2 file systems at all? If so: is it patented? ;-)

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2. If not what is Novell's problem with ext2 file systems? In older machines e.g it can make perfect sense to set up an ext2 /boot partition. It makes also sense for "ro" partitions. Did I miss something here? I always thought ext2 is supported under GPL.

Appreciating any enlightenment on this issue.

Please file a bugreport.

We modularized ext2 and forgot to mark this as supported. This is really more for the enterprise distributions but it should be set here as well,

Andreas

Bug 223513 filed. What does: "module not supported by Novell" versus "module supported by Novell" mean anyway? If Novell supports a module is Novell allowed to patch this module without maintainer's approval? Or is a maintainer still allowed to patch a module if its supported by Novell? Etc. The impact of such a message seems not clear to me. FMF --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help@opensuse.org

On Thursday 23 November 2006 23:46, Kenneth Schneider wrote:

On Thu, 2006-11-23 at 23:05 +0100, Frank-Michael Fischer wrote:

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Andreas Jaeger schrieb:

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Frank-Michael Fischer writes:

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Bug 223513 filed.

What does: "module not supported by Novell" versus "module supported by Novell" mean anyway? If Novell supports a module is Novell allowed to patch this module without maintainer's approval? Or is a maintainer still allowed to patch a module if its supported by Novell? Etc. The impact of such a message seems not clear to me.

Please clarify: does the "module ext2" belong to Novell or does it belong to "linux"? Do other distros show the same message "module not supported by Novell" or do they put their own distro name in the message. If I were the maintainer of the module I would be offended by this statement.

The version of the packages that are sent within the distribution can be patched by Novell (openSUSE developers) in every way they which to. What they mean by not supported by Novell, is that you shouldn;t go complaining in the openSUSE foruns or at Novell's support about issues with ext2 in the openSUSE distribution, since it is not supported. You might however try other kinds of support elsewhere, but you are at your onw risk (yes, with the free, openSUSE distribution you are anyway, but you understand what I mean). Hugo Costelha --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help@opensuse.org

* Kenneth Schneider [2006-11-24 00:46]:

On Thu, 2006-11-23 at 23:05 +0100, Frank-Michael Fischer wrote:

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Andreas Jaeger schrieb:

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Frank-Michael Fischer writes: <snip> Bug 223513 filed.

What does: "module not supported by Novell" versus "module supported by Novell" mean anyway? If Novell supports a module is Novell allowed to patch this module without maintainer's approval? Or is a maintainer still allowed to patch a module if its supported by Novell? Etc. The impact of such a message seems not clear to me.

Please clarify: does the "module ext2" belong to Novell or does it belong to "linux"? Do other distros show the same message "module not supported by Novell" or do they put their own distro name in the message. If I were the maintainer of the module I would be offended by this statement.

It's a kernel patch of Novell/SUSE. I don't know if other distributions like RedHat have simlar patches. It's not in the mainline kernel.org kernel. And I really don't know why the maintainer of the module should have a problem with this message. It doesn't say the module is "bad", it only says that we don't support this module, and, as Andreas Jaeger already said, it's mainly for enterprise distributions and not for openSUSE. As I learned now by reading the patch, you can set sources=2 at the kernel command line to turn the warning off. 0 means "only allow supported modules" and 1 (the default) means "warn when loading unsupported modules". Regards, Bernhard

On 2006/11/23 21:33 (GMT+0100) Andreas Jaeger apparently typed:

We modularized ext2

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