Return-path: Received: from shadbolt.e.decadent.org.uk ([88.96.1.126]:42173 "EHLO shadbolt.e.decadent.org.uk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752045Ab1LNQwg (ORCPT ); Wed, 14 Dec 2011 11:52:36 -0500 Message-ID: <1323881520.2825.196.camel@deadeye> (sfid-20111214_175251_953354_285F0A45) Subject: Re: [RFC] modpost: add option to allow external modules to avoid taint From: Ben Hutchings To: "John W. Linville" Cc: "Luis R. Rodriguez" , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Dave Jones , Greg KH , Debian kernel maintainers , Rusty Russell , linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2011 16:52:00 +0000 In-Reply-To: <1323879603-2961-1-git-send-email-linville@tuxdriver.com> References: <1323752547.2825.101.camel@deadeye> <1323879603-2961-1-git-send-email-linville@tuxdriver.com> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg="pgp-sha512"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-Pu9591LkloWm7kDU3jDZ" Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: --=-Pu9591LkloWm7kDU3jDZ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, 2011-12-14 at 11:20 -0500, John W. Linville wrote: > In some cases, it might be desirable to package a module from an > external source tree alongside the base kernel. In those cases, it > might also be desirable to not have those modules tainting the kernel. >=20 > This patch provides a mechanism for an external module build to declare > itself as an "integrated build". Such a module is then treated the same > as an intree module. >=20 > Signed-off-by: John W. Linville > --- > Any thoughts on this? I'm thinking of adding this to Fedora kernels, > where I have been working to integrate the compat-wireless package as > part of the base kernel RPM. [...] If you're integrating it then why can't you *really* build it in-tree? Ben. --=20 Ben Hutchings Computers are not intelligent. They only think they are. --=-Pu9591LkloWm7kDU3jDZ Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) iQIVAwUATujUMOe/yOyVhhEJAQpmoQ/+MNjjKgGa+Mvl0VZWqsRlw3Y69IE6A68q CLWRAAkFLLiWqrbAj3h8+qBmnV8CqX0q/iyJinrf1lJN8+lPCDwc3DPmnkLn6ntK ALykQTHZe+NSrpeLOw3pIxrFZvAtDLTQ7Pi9Xu6cR2HsJ20epTfWEG1DtSRQAgoi InFPufQ2una2bwnvD9lMO2D8/AIYgJkDyqKkx8lcOVECDPjN8q2Mpy9w7VK1VM0q 0RVzojZK73e30ZyNXFx7oMXb0lIFZV5tfk2EODkX11HTTNPq1Zz0h2wcapLpi7UI C5evoCykpXdrVsJ1q3xvT+fNZV1KFRaeiHh+cERIh1RofVca2Vh14pRUDN8LN5Tu 8tuEcaDttpUPbfBBJA9zIltGFU0hGOT/p6l9vU5/BjrcYQkYKI5PfQLcBWJw9BhY XU8KN800xDCO8EjrlBBH7vadYrAst3NA64NJFiTsND0VWfnVMfDJKAs9MXhWakK+ OXFs7TJz0NETAWhV7oMLhQxP+qZRKFNC+S0Sp0/wjntA8Zjw4mY+Uck3R+CLCCOk rOgE8/N3CIjtOvCSgw4GkUAV0QqUUR41Z45/zXB6Fg1r3frU5r2lczgvRS5Y6khO RCisQe9LMUuuwtp+de/oo80H6W8P+JjcCVl0We4Bj2q3CHcGSo3EOTWxSY7PWFsp AZsWB4dmooM= =Faz6 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-Pu9591LkloWm7kDU3jDZ--