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Subject: Re: The tainted message
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> >  > Warning: Module %s is not open source, and as such, loading it will
> >  > make your kernel un-debuggable. Please do not submit bug reports from
> >  > a kernel with this module loaded, as they will be useless, and likely
> >  > ignored.
> >  well, that's not the truth: the kernel itself is debuggable, but we
> >  don't know about the module, and how the module interacts with the
> >  kernel.
> It absolutely IS the truth.
> what happens if an errant module clobbers kernel space?

And isn't it true any more that modules can "shadow" certain kernel functions?
T.
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