On Wednesday 06 October 2004 15:28, Anders Johansson wrote:
On Wednesday, 6 October 2004 08.09, - Edwin - wrote:
On Wednesday 06 October 2004 14:42, Anders Johansson wrote:
On Wednesday, 6 October 2004 07.33, - Edwin - wrote:
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The "unsupported module" tag is a SUSE extension, it isn't in the kernel.org kernel. Even GPL modules can be "tainted" in this scheme. The place to read more about it is in /usr/src/linux/README.SUSE (you'll need the kernel sources installed) Section "SUPPORTED VS: UNSUPPORTED MODULES"
Hmm... did you even check that link? ;)
Yes I did. Did you read what I wrote?
Yes :)
To repeat, with emphasis added: ---> *The "unsupported module" tag* <--- is a SUSE extension. It is NOT part of the kernel.org kernel. The kernel.org kernel only taints a kernel if it isn't GPLed. SUSE's kernels introduce the concept of module support. In other words, a GPL module that is not supplied by SUSE will taint the kernel with the message in the original mail.
Yes, I understand what you meant (or what the README) meant but...
Anyway, it's *not* peculiar to SUSE. IOW, even if you're using a kernel compiled by, let's say Red Hat, you'll still see that message.
No I won't. I just checked, and red hat has not adopted that suse extension, at least not in fedora core 2. I have no idea what they do in their RHEL version.
I just did a quick googling and it seems like the other distros have them too ;) http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=25401 http://www.applia.fr/contents/knoppix64.html Besides, IIRC, I had *exactly* the same wordings when I compiled the ASUS LAN drivers (found on the ASUS site) on the machine I'm using when it was still on RH9. Btw, a similar wording is found when you're using VMWare: https://www.redhat.com/archives/shrike-list/2004-February/msg00251.html You might want to check this as well: http://kerneltrap.org/comment/reply/3239/9383 Later, if I find a way to check it on RHEL (I have version 3), I'll check if the words come out exactly as it was on RH9. -- - E - on SUSE 9.1 | copperwalls was here ;) "These things I command you, that you love one another." - John 15:17