Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932413AbWIQJey (ORCPT ); Sun, 17 Sep 2006 05:34:54 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932417AbWIQJex (ORCPT ); Sun, 17 Sep 2006 05:34:53 -0400 Received: from fmmailgate04.web.de ([217.72.192.242]:27379 "EHLO fmmailgate04.web.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932413AbWIQJex convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Sun, 17 Sep 2006 05:34:53 -0400 Reveived: from web.de by fmmailgate04.web.de (Postfix) with SMTP id 466F122F424; Sun, 17 Sep 2006 11:34:52 +0200 (CEST) Date: Sun, 17 Sep 2006 11:34:50 +0200 Message-Id: <1313891898@web.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 From: devzero@web.de To: Dave Jones , Lee Revell Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: show all modules which taint the kernel ? Organization: http://freemail.web.de/ Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-15 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1767 Lines: 39 if there is a "contaminant" inside the kernel, why should one see this only when it`s being inserted (i.e. usually at boot time) ? i don`t know about the "nvidia(P)..." thing, but i would find it really useful to be able to easily distinguish between the "good" and the "not belonging to this kernel" modules. i have seem several discussions about "modules which taint the kernel are evil" - so why not pillory them by listing appropriate information with lsmod ? > -----Urspr?ngliche Nachricht----- > Von: Lee Revell > Gesendet: 17.09.06 02:01:05 > An: Dave Jones > CC: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > Betreff: Re: show all modules which taint the kernel ? > On Sat, 2006-09-16 at 19:46 -0400, Dave Jones wrote: > > On Sat, Sep 16, 2006 at 08:58:20PM +0200, devzero@web.de wrote: > > > but that "Modules linked in: radeon(U) drm(U) ipv6(U) autofs4(U)...." message has been reported to originate from a fc5 (fedora) kernel. fedora probably also using that novell/suse extension ? > > > > Different. The Fedora kernel reports U for modules that weren't shipped with > > the Fedora kernel. (It uses gpg signed modules). > > Vendor kernels aside, would it be useful for mainline to report this > information - something like nvidia(P) in the module list? > > Lee > _____________________________________________________________________ Der WEB.DE SmartSurfer hilft bis zu 70% Ihrer Onlinekosten zu sparen! http://smartsurfer.web.de/?mc=100071&distributionid=000000000066 - 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/