Return-path: Received: from mail-ob0-f174.google.com ([209.85.214.174]:62015 "EHLO mail-ob0-f174.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752518AbaIATKK (ORCPT ); Mon, 1 Sep 2014 15:10:10 -0400 Received: by mail-ob0-f174.google.com with SMTP id uz6so4100499obc.33 for ; Mon, 01 Sep 2014 12:10:09 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <5404C490.9080008@lwfinger.net> (sfid-20140901_211014_793394_5E360D75) Date: Mon, 01 Sep 2014 14:10:08 -0500 From: Larry Finger MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Amitav Mohanty CC: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Help needed to interpret kernel warning and call trace References: <5404BDCE.1050007@lwfinger.net> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: 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