Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755475AbYJTVoX (ORCPT ); Mon, 20 Oct 2008 17:44:23 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753498AbYJTVoO (ORCPT ); Mon, 20 Oct 2008 17:44:14 -0400 Received: from kroah.org ([198.145.64.141]:35127 "EHLO coco.kroah.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752473AbYJTVoO (ORCPT ); Mon, 20 Oct 2008 17:44:14 -0400 Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2008 14:40:18 -0700 From: Greg KH To: Randy Dunlap Cc: mtk.manpages@gmail.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-api@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] Document kernel taint flags properly Message-ID: <20081020214018.GA28903@kroah.com> References: <20081017225515.GA14133@kroah.com> <20081020204318.GB21131@kroah.com> <48FCFA30.9000707@xenotime.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <48FCFA30.9000707@xenotime.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.16 (2007-06-09) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 2528 Lines: 70 On Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 02:37:52PM -0700, Randy Dunlap wrote: > Greg KH wrote: > > On Sat, Oct 18, 2008 at 03:51:11AM -0500, Michael Kerrisk wrote: > > > >> Greg, > >> > >> Small corrections below. > >> > >> On Fri, Oct 17, 2008 at 5:55 PM, Greg KH wrote: > >> > >>> From: Greg Kroah-Hartman > >>> > >>> This fills in the documentation for all of the current kernel taint > >>> flags, and fixes the number for TAINT_CRAP, which was incorrectly > >>> described. > >>> > >>> Cc: Michael Kerrisk > >>> Cc: Randy Dunlap > >>> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman > >>> > >>> --- > >>> Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt | 24 +++++++++++++++++------- > >>> 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) > >>> > >>> --- a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt > >>> +++ b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt > >>> @@ -363,11 +363,21 @@ tainted: > >>> Non-zero if the kernel has been tainted. Numeric values, which > >>> can be ORed together: > >>> > >>> - 1 - A module with a non-GPL license has been loaded, this > >>> - includes modules with no license. > >>> - Set by modutils >= 2.4.9 and module-init-tools. > >>> - 2 - A module was force loaded by insmod -f. > >>> - Set by modutils >= 2.4.9 and module-init-tools. > >>> - 4 - Unsafe SMP processors: SMP with CPUs not designed for SMP. > >>> - 64 - A module from drivers/staging was loaded. > >>> + 1 - A module with a non-GPL license has been loaded, this > >>> + includes modules with no license. > >>> + Set by modutils >= 2.4.9 and module-init-tools. > >>> + 2 - A module was force loaded by insmod -f. > >>> + Set by modutils >= 2.4.9 and module-init-tools. > >>> + 4 - Unsafe SMP processors: SMP with CPUs not designed for SMP. > >>> + 8 - A module was forcefully unloaded from the system by rmmod -f. > >>> > >> s/forcefully/forcibly/ > >> > >> > >>> + 16 - A hardware machine check error occured on the system. > >>> > >> occurred > >> > > > > Thanks, I've updated this in my version. > > > > Randy, I can send this through my tree, is that ok? Or do you want it > > to go through yours? > > > You please go ahead with it. Will do. thanks, greg k-h -- 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/