linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Add TAINT_HARDWARE

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Message-ID: <87ocf7o1nu.fsf@basil.nowhere.org>
Date:	Sat, 19 Jun 2010 10:40:53 +0200
From:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
To:	Prarit Bhargava <prarit@...hat.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, dzickus@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add TAINT_HARDWARE_UNSUPPORTED flag

Prarit Bhargava <prarit@...hat.com> writes:
nt\n");
> +	if (flag == TAINT_HARDWARE_UNSUPPORTED)
> +		printk(KERN_CRIT "WARNING: This system's hardware is "
> +		       "unsupported.\n");

The problem with such a message in mainline is that it would
imply that other hardware is actually 'supported'

Which is not really true in most cases.

-Andi

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