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authorIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2008-12-16 22:04:48 +0100
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2008-12-16 22:04:48 +0100
commit78f902ccc597d6ce3e8d1477d70f2d79e960ba7a (patch)
treec6ceab663de16501d1dda1c1596fe2dacaaef8e3 /Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt
parent9ee670fd87b7d69c8633b94c42aadcbbcb96f28e (diff)
parent8b1fae4e4200388b64dd88065639413cb3f1051c (diff)
Merge commit 'v2.6.28-rc8' into x86/doc
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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.