Re: [RFC] modpost: add option to allow external modules to avoid taint

2011-12-18 Thread Rusty Russell
On Fri, 16 Dec 2011 04:39:49 +, Ben Hutchings b...@decadent.org.uk wrote: Non-text part: multipart/signed On Fri, 2011-12-16 at 14:26 +1030, Rusty Russell wrote: On Wed, 14 Dec 2011 11:20:03 -0500, John W. Linville linvi...@tuxdriver.com wrote: We really want to indicate out-of-support

Re: [RFC] modpost: add option to allow external modules to avoid taint

2011-12-15 Thread Rusty Russell
On Wed, 14 Dec 2011 11:20:03 -0500, John W. Linville linvi...@tuxdriver.com wrote: In some cases, it might be desirable to package a module from an external source tree alongside the base kernel. In those cases, it might also be desirable to not have those modules tainting the kernel. This

Re: [RFC] modpost: add option to allow external modules to avoid taint

2011-12-15 Thread Ben Hutchings
On Fri, 2011-12-16 at 14:26 +1030, Rusty Russell wrote: On Wed, 14 Dec 2011 11:20:03 -0500, John W. Linville linvi...@tuxdriver.com wrote: In some cases, it might be desirable to package a module from an external source tree alongside the base kernel. In those cases, it might also be

Re: [RFC] modpost: add option to allow external modules to avoid taint

2011-12-14 Thread Ben Hutchings
On Wed, 2011-12-14 at 11:20 -0500, John W. Linville wrote: In some cases, it might be desirable to package a module from an external source tree alongside the base kernel. In those cases, it might also be desirable to not have those modules tainting the kernel. This patch provides a

[RFC] modpost: add option to allow external modules to avoid taint

2011-12-14 Thread John W. Linville
In some cases, it might be desirable to package a module from an external source tree alongside the base kernel. In those cases, it might also be desirable to not have those modules tainting the kernel. This patch provides a mechanism for an external module build to declare itself as an

Re: [RFC] modpost: add option to allow external modules to avoid taint

2011-12-14 Thread John W. Linville
On Wed, Dec 14, 2011 at 04:52:00PM +, Ben Hutchings wrote: On Wed, 2011-12-14 at 11:20 -0500, John W. Linville wrote: In some cases, it might be desirable to package a module from an external source tree alongside the base kernel. In those cases, it might also be desirable to not have