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authorIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2008-11-10 09:10:44 +0100
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2008-11-10 09:10:44 +0100
commita5a64498c194c82ecad3a2d67cff6231cda8d3dd (patch)
tree723d5d81419f9960b8d30ed9a2ece8a58d6c4328 /Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt
parentbb93d802ae5c1949977cc6da247b218240677f11 (diff)
parentf7160c7573615ec82c691e294cf80d920b5d588d (diff)
Merge commit 'v2.6.28-rc4' into timers/rtc
Conflicts: drivers/rtc/rtc-cmos.c
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@@ -363,11 +363,21 @@ tainted:
Non-zero if the kernel has been tainted. Numeric values, which
can be ORed together:
- 1 - A module with a non-GPL license has been loaded, this
- includes modules with no license.
- Set by modutils >= 2.4.9 and module-init-tools.
- 2 - A module was force loaded by insmod -f.
- Set by modutils >= 2.4.9 and module-init-tools.
- 4 - Unsafe SMP processors: SMP with CPUs not designed for SMP.
- 64 - A module from drivers/staging was loaded.
+ 1 - A module with a non-GPL license has been loaded, this
+ includes modules with no license.
+ Set by modutils >= 2.4.9 and module-init-tools.
+ 2 - A module was force loaded by insmod -f.
+ Set by modutils >= 2.4.9 and module-init-tools.
+ 4 - Unsafe SMP processors: SMP with CPUs not designed for SMP.
+ 8 - A module was forcibly unloaded from the system by rmmod -f.
+ 16 - A hardware machine check error occurred on the system.
+ 32 - A bad page was discovered on the system.
+ 64 - The user has asked that the system be marked "tainted". This
+ could be because they are running software that directly modifies
+ the hardware, or for other reasons.
+ 128 - The system has died.
+ 256 - The ACPI DSDT has been overridden with one supplied by the user
+ instead of using the one provided by the hardware.
+ 512 - A kernel warning has occurred.
+1024 - A module from drivers/staging was loaded.