Re: kernel taint

[Samuel Flory]

  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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