Re: Tainting kernels for non-GPL or forced modules

[Keith Owens]

On Mon, 24 Sep 2001 13:00:24 -0500, 
Timur Tabi <[e-mail]> wrote:
>Keith Owens wrote:
>
>> I have started work on the patch for /proc/sys/kernel/tainted with the
>> corresponding modutils and ksymoops changes.  insmod of a non-GPL
>> module ORs /proc/sys/kernel/tainted with 1, insmod -f ORs with 2.
>
>Where can I find more information about this?  The word "tainted" doesn't 
>appear in my kernel source code (I guess 2.4.2 is too old), and a search on 
>google didn't reveal anything.

http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=99922065229945&w=2 and
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