On Fri, 2007-01-19 at 07:53 -0500, Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.) wrote: > No. There is a difference between Linux and a Linux distribution. It's > only if they had proprietary changes to the kernel that it would be > tainted, but in that case it wouldn't be legal to distribute it at > all.
Wrong. Kernel modules are extensions to the kernel. When they are loaded they taint the kernel if they are proprietary - a dmesg will even tell you so. An oops will mark the (entire) kernel as tainted, and will not be accepted by the kernel devs unless it can be re-produced "untainted". May be as simple as unloading the module, maybe not. I'm well aware of the difference between Linux and a Linux distribution. Shane ... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
