Return-path: Received: from mail-ie0-f178.google.com ([209.85.223.178]:61755 "EHLO mail-ie0-f178.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752241AbaIATr2 (ORCPT ); Mon, 1 Sep 2014 15:47:28 -0400 Received: by mail-ie0-f178.google.com with SMTP id at1so6570310iec.37 for ; Mon, 01 Sep 2014 12:47:28 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <5404C490.9080008@lwfinger.net> References: <5404BDCE.1050007@lwfinger.net> <5404C490.9080008@lwfinger.net> Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2014 01:17:28 +0530 Message-ID: (sfid-20140901_214736_736240_9D6024C5) Subject: Re: Help needed to interpret kernel warning and call trace From: Amitav Mohanty To: Larry Finger Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Thank you for clarifying. Appreciate your help. Regards, Amitav On Tue, Sep 2, 2014 at 12:40 AM, Larry Finger wrote: > On 09/01/2014 01:55 PM, Amitav Mohanty wrote: >> Hey Larry >> >> Thank you for the prompt reply. I am not a kernel dev. My intension >> was to seek help and understand how this impacts my system. I looked >> for removing the taint. However, it seems Nvidia driver is the one >> that is tainting the kernel. Since this is the laptop I use for work, >> I don't think I can remove NVidia driver. If I understand correctly, >> using the Nouveau driver instead the proprietary one should remove the >> taint. Is there any other way I can help ? > > Yes, nvidia does taint the kernel. If nouveau works, that would remove the taint. > > The warning will have exactly zero impact on your system, other than to pollute > your logs. > > Larry > >