> On 30 Nov 2018, at 23:32, John Shand <jshand2...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi there, just letting you know this driver works perfectly wqell on > opensuse tumbleweed with the most recent updates installed. i have the > bcm43228 chipset. however there is a concern that i have which i will > put below about tainting the kernel and version of the broadcom driver: > > kernel: dcdbas dcdbas: Dell Systems Management Base Driver (version > 5.6.0-3.2) > Dec 01 12:11:40 linux-2zhw kernel: PKCS#7 signature not signed with a > trusted key > Dec 01 12:11:40 linux-2zhw kernel: wl: loading out-of-tree module > taints kernel. > Dec 01 12:11:40 linux-2zhw kernel: wl: module license > 'MIXED/Proprietary' taints kernel. > Dec 01 12:11:40 linux-2zhw kernel: Disabling lock debugging due to > kernel taint > Dec 01 12:11:40 linux-2zhw kernel: wl: module verification failed: > signature and/or required key missing - tainting kernel > Dec 01 12:11:40 linux-2zhw kernel: wlan0: Broadcom BCM4359 802.11 > Hybrid Wireless Controller 6.30.223.271 (r587334) > Dec 01 12:11:40 linux-2zhw kernel: > Dec 01 12:11:40 linux-2zhw kernel: iTCO_wdt: Intel TCO WatchDog Timer > Driver v1.11 > Dec 01 12:11:40 linux-2zhw kernel: iTCO_wdt: Found a Panther Point TCO > device (Version=2, TCOBASE=0x0460) > Dec 01 12:11:40 linux-2zhw kernel: iTCO_wdt: initialized. heartbeat=30 > sec (nowayout=0)
That’s what happens when you load a non-official module into the kernel … https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/118116/what-is-a-tainted-kernel-in-linux <https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/118116/what-is-a-tainted-kernel-in-linux> https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/admin-guide/tainted-kernels.html <https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/admin-guide/tainted-kernels.html> _______________________________________________ Packman mailing list Packman@links2linux.de http://lists.links2linux.de/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/packman