Andreas Jaeger schrieb:
> Frank-Michael Fischer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
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>> from /var/log/boot.omsg after a 10.2 RC1 boot:
>>
>> "<4>ext2: module not supported by Novell, setting U taint flag."
>>
>> 1. Is there a module from "Novell" handling ext2 file systems at all? If
>> so: is it patented? ;-)
>>     
>
>
>   
>> 2. If not what is Novell's problem with ext2 file systems? In older
>> machines e.g it can make perfect sense to set up an ext2 /boot
>> partition. It makes also sense for "ro" partitions. Did I miss something
>> here? I always thought ext2 is supported under GPL.
>>
>> Appreciating any enlightenment on this issue.
>>     
>
> Please file a bugreport.
>
> We modularized ext2 and forgot to mark this as supported.  This is
> really more for the enterprise distributions but it should be set here
> as well,
>
> Andreas
>   

Bug 223513 filed.

What does: "module not supported by Novell" versus "module supported by
Novell" mean anyway? If Novell supports a module is Novell allowed to
patch this module without maintainer's approval? Or is a maintainer
still allowed to patch a module if its supported by Novell?  Etc. The
impact of such a message seems not clear to me.

FMF
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