linux-kernel - Re: show all modules which taint the kernel ?

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Date:	Sun, 17 Sep 2006 11:34:50 +0200
From:	devzero@....de
To:	Dave Jones <davej@...hat.com>, Lee Revell <rlrevell@...-job.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: show all modules which taint the kernel ?

if there is a "contaminant" inside the kernel, why should one see this only when it`s being inserted (i.e. usually at boot time) ?

i don`t know about the "nvidia(P)..." thing, but i would find it really useful to be able to easily distinguish between the "good" and the "not belonging to this kernel" modules.

i have seem several discussions about "modules which taint the kernel are evil" - so why not pillory them by listing appropriate information with lsmod ?

> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: Lee Revell <rlrevell@...-job.com>
> Gesendet: 17.09.06 02:01:05
> An: Dave Jones <davej@...hat.com>
> CC: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
> Betreff: Re: show all modules which taint the kernel ?

> On Sat, 2006-09-16 at 19:46 -0400, Dave Jones wrote:
> > On Sat, Sep 16, 2006 at 08:58:20PM +0200, devzero@....de wrote:
> >  > but that "Modules linked in: radeon(U) drm(U) ipv6(U) autofs4(U)...." message has been reported to originate from a fc5 (fedora) kernel. fedora probably also using that novell/suse extension ?
> > 
> > Different. The Fedora kernel reports U for modules that weren't shipped with
> > the Fedora kernel. (It uses gpg signed modules).
> 
> Vendor kernels aside, would it be useful for mainline to report this
> information - something like nvidia(P) in the module list?
> 
> Lee
> 

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