Re: kernel taint

From: Samuel Flory (sflory@rackable.com)
Date: Sun Jun 23 2002 - 16:53:11 EST


  If this is a module in the RH kernel this may just be due to
mislabeling of the license string. What's the module?

On Sun, 2002-06-23 at 12:37, Qin Tao wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am using redhat7.3 (kernel 2.4.18-3). When I tried to insert a
> kernel module, I got the following warning message:
>
> "Warning: loading mymodule.o will taint the kernel: forced load"
>
> I didn't see this problem when I inserted the module to some earlier
> version kernels, such as 2.4.15. Does anybody know what does the warning
> message mean and how can I modify my module code to avoid that?
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Qin
>
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