Hi Adam,
On Apr 27, 2004, at 1:25 PM, Adam Jaskiewicz wrote:
Actually, we also have no desire nor purpose to prevent tainting. The purposeWould it not be better to simply place a notice in the readme explaining what
of the workaround is to avoid repetitive warning messages generated when
multiple modules belonging to a single logical "driver" are loaded (even when
a module is only probed but not used due to the hardware not being present).
Although the issue may sound trivial/harmless to people on the lkml, it was a
frequent cause of confusion for the average person.
the error messages mean, rather than working around the liscense checking
code? Educate the users, rather than fibbing.
Good idea. We will try to clarify the matter in the docs for the next release.
A lot of users don't read them though, so a proper fix remains necessary..