Re: [OT] 2.4.19 BUG in page_alloc.c:91

Keith Owens (kaos@ocs.com.au)
Fri, 09 Aug 2002 19:14:59 +1000


On Thu, 8 Aug 2002 14:19:48 +0200 (CEST),
Andreas Steinmetz <ast@domdv.de> wrote:
>On 08 Aug 2002 13:38:56 +0100 Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> wrote:
>Rik and Alan,
>not exactly related but please don't be too persistent about "Tainted: P".
>Just try to insmod xircom_tulip_cb of a stock 2.4.19 kernel and, surprise:
># insmod xircom_tulip_cb
>Using /lib/modules/2.4.19/kernel/drivers/net/pcmcia/xircom_tulip_cb.o
>Warning: loading
>/lib/modules/2.4.19/kernel/drivers/net/pcmcia/xircom_tulip_cb.o will taint the
>kernel: non-GPL license - GPL v2

Upgrade to modutils >= 2.4.17. Somebody added 'GPL v2' to a module
license without checking if it was acceptable or not. The definitive
list of acceptable licenses is in include/linux/module.h.

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