linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3] Add TAINT_HARDWARE

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Date:	Tue, 22 Jun 2010 17:38:17 +0100
From:	Matthew Garrett <mjg@...hat.com>
To:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Cc:	Don Zickus <dzickus@...hat.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Prarit Bhargava <prarit@...hat.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] Add TAINT_HARDWARE_UNSUPPORTED flag

On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 04:48:35PM +0100, Alan Cox wrote:
> > +	printk(KERN_CRIT "UNSUPPORTED HARDWARE DEVICE: %s\n", msg);
> > +	WARN_TAINT(1, TAINT_HARDWARE_UNSUPPORTED,
> > +		   "Your hardware is unsupported.  Please do not report "
> > +		   "bugs, panics, oopses, etc., on this hardware.\n");
> 
> And as already pointed out it's not unsupported hardware even in the case
> you described

It's hardware that isn't supported by the vendor. How is it not 
unsupported hardware in that context?

-- 
Matthew Garrett | mjg59@...f.ucam.org
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