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authorPaul Mundt <lethal@linux-sh.org>2008-10-31 16:18:02 +0900
committerPaul Mundt <lethal@linux-sh.org>2008-10-31 16:18:02 +0900
commit0803d540db06f53acd2fabf1347d5b665218f14a (patch)
treef5f8e5510a76bb59d3583478961daf5afc32df08 /Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt
parenta8884e3415c29c58a5875d54c109c4a7fcaa6fb4 (diff)
parent721d5dfe7e516954c501d5e9d0dfab379cf4241a (diff)
Merge branch 'master' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6
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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.