On Fri, 2008-01-25 at 08:56 +0100, Jan Engelhardt wrote: > So what is needed is an Oops with an explaining message > if (kernel_tainted) "blame that proprietary module first", > and make sure the user sees that oops even if in X.
The former is actually trivially doable with the module->taints bits. We could have the equivalent of a neon flashing "blame this module" sign. I also agree, we should stop force loading. Incompatible struct module, etc. are really bad things to have mapped into a running kernel. Jon. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
