Re: Akmod Built Nvidia Module Tainting the Kernel at Boot Time

2022-07-06 Thread Jonathan Billings
On Jul 6, 2022, at 15:47, Lester Petrie wrote: > If I remember your original email, you have successfully created and > installed a key to sign the modules with (and maybe even signed the original > module). If you have kept the key, you will not have to generate and install > another one, but

Re: Akmod Built Nvidia Module Tainting the Kernel at Boot Time

2022-07-06 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Wed, 2022-07-06 at 15:46 -0400, Lester Petrie wrote: > > On 7/6/2022 12:39 PM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > > On Wed, 2022-07-06 at 19:07 +1000, Stephen Morris wrote: > > > On 6/7/22 10:41, Jonathan Billings wrote: > > > > On Jul 5, 2022, at 18:55, Stephen > > > > Morris > > > > wrote: > > > >

Re: Akmod Built Nvidia Module Tainting the Kernel at Boot Time

2022-07-06 Thread Lester Petrie
On 7/6/2022 12:39 PM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: On Wed, 2022-07-06 at 19:07 +1000, Stephen Morris wrote: On 6/7/22 10:41, Jonathan Billings wrote: On Jul 5, 2022, at 18:55, Stephen Morris wrote: [   13.973636] nvidia: module license 'NVIDIA' taints kernel. It’s this line where the kernel no

Re: Akmod Built Nvidia Module Tainting the Kernel at Boot Time

2022-07-06 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Wed, 2022-07-06 at 19:07 +1000, Stephen Morris wrote: > On 6/7/22 10:41, Jonathan Billings wrote: > > On Jul 5, 2022, at 18:55, Stephen Morris  > > wrote: > > > [   13.973636] nvidia: module license 'NVIDIA' taints kernel. > > > > It’s this line where the kernel notes why it is tainted.  Somewh

Re: Akmod Built Nvidia Module Tainting the Kernel at Boot Time

2022-07-06 Thread Stephen Morris
On 6/7/22 10:41, Jonathan Billings wrote: On Jul 5, 2022, at 18:55, Stephen Morris wrote: [   13.973636] nvidia: module license 'NVIDIA' taints kernel. It’s this line where the kernel notes why it is tainted.  Somewhere in the nvidia kmod C code, there is a line that looks like this: MODUL

Re: Akmod Built Nvidia Module Tainting the Kernel at Boot Time

2022-07-05 Thread Jonathan Billings
On Jul 5, 2022, at 18:55, Stephen Morris wrote: > [ 13.973636] nvidia: module license 'NVIDIA' taints kernel. It’s this line where the kernel notes why it is tainted. Somewhere in the nvidia kmod C code, there is a line that looks like this: MODULE_LICENSE("NVIDIA"); The kernel will print

Re: Akmod Built Nvidia Module Tainting the Kernel at Boot Time

2022-07-05 Thread George N. White III
On Tue, Jul 5, 2022 at 7:55 PM Stephen Morris wrote: > Hi, > I believe I am using akmod to build the nvidia kernel module when the > kernel version changes and that built module is tainting the kernel because > of missing signature or keys, which I am assuming are secure boot keys, but > I al

Re: Akmod Built Nvidia Module Tainting the Kernel at Boot Time

2022-07-05 Thread Joe Zeff
On 7/5/22 16:54, Stephen Morris wrote:     I believe I am using akmod to build the nvidia kernel module when the kernel version changes and that built module is tainting the kernel because of missing signature or keys, which I am assuming are secure boot keys, but I also followed some instruct

Akmod Built Nvidia Module Tainting the Kernel at Boot Time

2022-07-05 Thread Stephen Morris
Hi,     I believe I am using akmod to build the nvidia kernel module when the kernel version changes and that built module is tainting the kernel because of missing signature or keys, which I am assuming are secure boot keys, but I also followed some instructions I found on the net to get nvid