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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt | 24 |
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt index bde799e0659..a4ccdd1981c 100644 --- a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt +++ b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt @@ -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. |