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authorIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2008-11-20 09:03:38 +0100
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2008-11-20 09:03:38 +0100
commit90accd6fabf9b2fa2705945a4c601877a75d43bf (patch)
treed393cb54f0228b1313139e4e14adf4f5cf236b59 /Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt
parentb43d196c4d3fe46d6dda7c987c47792612b80b1b (diff)
parentee2f6cc7f9ea2542ad46070ed62ba7aa04d08871 (diff)
Merge branch 'linus' into x86/memory-corruption-check
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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.