Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S264640AbUD1E2e (ORCPT ); Wed, 28 Apr 2004 00:28:34 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264641AbUD1E2e (ORCPT ); Wed, 28 Apr 2004 00:28:34 -0400 Received: from smtp-out5.xs4all.nl ([194.109.24.6]:15377 "EHLO smtp-out5.xs4all.nl") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S264640AbUD1E2c (ORCPT ); Wed, 28 Apr 2004 00:28:32 -0400 Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2004 06:27:42 +0200 From: Jurriaan To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: What does tainting actually mean? Message-ID: <20040428042742.GA1177@middle.of.nowhere> Reply-To: Jurriaan References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-Message-Flag: Still using Outlook? As you can see, it has some errors. User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.5.1+cvs20040105i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 816 Lines: 23 From: Nigel Cunningham Date: Wed, Apr 28, 2004 at 02:00:35PM +1000 > Hi all. > > I'm probably going to regret this, but seeing the current discussion on > binary modules makes me wonder: > > What does tainting actually mean? > It means you can never be sure the bug is _not_ in some binary module. It may be unprobable, you may be able to find a bug in the kernel, but you're never _sure_. Jurriaan -- I am the pimple that forms before a really big date Darkwing Duck Debian (Unstable) GNU/Linux 2.6.6-rc2-mm2 2x6062 bogomips 0.05 0.02 - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/