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

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Date:	Wed, 14 Dec 2011 16:52:00 +0000
From:	Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
To:	"John W. Linville" <linville@...driver.com>
Cc:	"Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@...jolero.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Dave Jones <davej@...hat.com>,
	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>,
	Debian kernel maintainers <debian-kernel@...ts.debian.org>,
	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>,
	linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC] modpost: add option to allow external modules to avoid
 taint

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 mechanism for an external module build to declare
> itself as an "integrated build".  Such a module is then treated the same
> as an intree module.
> 
> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@...driver.com>
> ---
> Any thoughts on this?  I'm thinking of adding this to Fedora kernels,
> where I have been working to integrate the compat-wireless package as
> part of the base kernel RPM.
[...]

If you're integrating it then why can't you *really* build it in-tree?

Ben.

-- 
Ben Hutchings
Computers are not intelligent.	They only think they are.

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