Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sat, 27 Apr 2002 15:32:37 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sat, 27 Apr 2002 15:32:33 -0400 Received: from lightning.swansea.linux.org.uk ([194.168.151.1]:36370 "EHLO the-village.bc.nu") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Sat, 27 Apr 2002 15:32:29 -0400 Subject: Re: The tainted message To: linux@cabbey.net (Chris Abbey) Date: Sat, 27 Apr 2002 20:50:36 +0100 (BST) Cc: alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk (Alan Cox), rthrapp@sbcglobal.net (Richard Thrapp), linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org (linux-kernel) In-Reply-To: from "Chris Abbey" at Apr 27, 2002 02:22:16 PM X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL6] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: From: Alan Cox Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > > 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 > > I think you're making an assumption about the vendor's support statement > that may not be valid. If I were a distro I wouldn't appreciate modutils > makeing statements about my support policies and confusing the newbies, > who are after all the target audience here. I'd take that last "or your > Linux vendor." bit off of this. This message is correct for just about every distribution. Remember vendors can and do customise modutils anyway. I don't think its a problem. Alan - 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/