linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH ??] Re: incorrect taint of ndiswrapper

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Message-Id: <1161959020.12281.1.camel@laptopd505.fenrus.org>
Date:	Fri, 27 Oct 2006 16:23:39 +0200
From:	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org>
To:	Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, proski@....org,
	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>, cate@...ian.org,
	gianluca@...networks.biz, Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH ??] Re: incorrect taint of ndiswrapper


> 
> ---
> From: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>
> 
> For ndiswrapper and driverloader, don't set the module->taints
> flags, just set the kernel global tainted flag.
> This should allow ndiswrapper to continue to use GPL symbols.
> Not tested.


can we put something in feature-removal that we'll undo this in say 6
months?

ndiswrapper is easy to fix to not use the internals of the queue_work
api, and just use schedule_work() instead. At that time the
functionality as a whole is still the right one.
(it's a separate question if ndiswrapper should be in this table;
driverloader should be, it's non-GPL at all, so that part of your patch
is broken)


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