Re: The tainted message

[Alan Cox]

> First of all, the current tainted message is not really useful. 
> "Warning: Loading %s will taint the kernel..." isn't very informative at
> all.  Most people don't know what it means to "taint the  kernel".  It's

I'd agree. I wasn't aware I had any responsibility beyond helping Arjan
who implemented it. The kernel itself has no messages/policy intentionally.

> I would like to propose that a clearer, more direct message be used. 
> Something like "Warning: kernel maintainers may not support your kernel
> since you have loaded %s: %s%s\n" would be much more informative and
> correct.

> Opinions?  Comments?

More informative but I think too soft. It still implies we might want to
hear about it but not reply. That isnt the case.

How about

Warning: The module you have loaded (%s) does not seem to have an open
	 source license. Please send any kernel problem reports to the
	 author of this module, or duplicate them from a boot without
	 ever loading this module before reporting them to the community
	 or your Linux vendor

??