On Tue, 23 Jul 2002, Mike Stilson wrote:
>Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2002 07:16:50 -0400
>From: Mike Stilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>List-Id: General X Discussion <xpert.XFree86.Org>
>Subject: Re: nvidia binary driver: kernel BUG at page_alloc.c
>
>On Mon, Jul 22, 2002 at 11:25:35PM +0200, Luca Olivetti wrote:
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>>Mike Stilson wrote:
>>Are you sure the nvidia module was loaded at the time of this crash?
>>It would taint the kernel if loaded:
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>>Jul 7 20:20:54 pippo kernel: kernel BUG at page_alloc.c:216!
>>Jul 7 20:20:54 pippo kernel: invalid operand: 0000
>>Jul 7 20:20:54 pippo kernel: CPU: 0
>>Jul 7 20:20:54 pippo kernel: EIP: 0010:[rmqueue+479/544] Tainted: P
>>Jul 7 20:20:54 pippo kernel: EIP: 0010:[<c012e68f>] Tainted: P
>
>Just to follow up after giving a little more thought...
>The kernel module doesn't taint it since I'm recompiling it from source.
>the NVdriver.o module (although it doesn't specifically have a
>MODULE_LICENSE("GPL")) also doesn't have any conflicting or proprietary
>license. Now my understanding might be wrong, but it SHOULDN'T be
>tainting the kernel. Only the X driver (nvidia_drv.o) is closed source.
>
>Perhaps you have something else tainting it?
The Nvidia kernel module very much does and should taint the
kernel.
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