Re: What does "Tainted: P" or "Tainted: GF" mean?

From: Sebastian (Ostdeutschland_at_gmx.de)
Date: 12/30/04

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To: Lei Ming <LeiMing@HotPop.com>

    On Thu, 30 Dec 2004 21:12:51 +0800
    Lei Ming <LeiMing@HotPop.com> wrote:

    > Sorry for asking this silly question:
    >
    > When I use lsmod to list all the modules, it displays "Tainted: P",
    > and on my friend's machine it's "Tainted: GF".
    >
    > I know what "Tainted" mean, but what does "P" or "GF" mean? If there
    > are others than these two, where can I find a list?
    >
    > Thanks.
    >

    Hi,

    you can find informations about 'tainted kernels' at the end of
    Documentation/oops-tracing.txt found in any kernel-source.

    Sebastian
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