On Tue, 23 Jul 2002, Mike Stilson wrote:
Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2002 07:16:50 -0400
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Subject: Re: nvidia binary driver: kernel BUG at page_alloc.c
On Mon, Jul 22, 2002 at 11:25:35PM +0200, Luca Olivetti wrote:
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Mike Stilson wrote:
Are you sure the nvidia module was loaded at the time of this crash?
It would taint the kernel if loaded:
Jul 7 20:20:54 pippo kernel: kernel BUG at page_alloc.c:216!
Jul 7 20:20:54 pippo kernel: invalid operand:
Jul 7 20:20:54 pippo kernel: CPU:0
Jul 7 20:20:54 pippo kernel: EIP:0010:[rmqueue+479/544]Tainted: P
Jul 7 20:20:54 pippo kernel: EIP:0010:[c012e68f]Tainted: P
Just to follow up after giving a little more thought...
The kernel module doesn't taint it since I'm recompiling it from source.
the NVdriver.o module (although it doesn't specifically have a
MODULE_LICENSE(GPL)) also doesn't have any conflicting or proprietary
license. Now my understanding might be wrong, but it SHOULDN'T be
tainting the kernel. Only the X driver (nvidia_drv.o) is closed source.
Perhaps you have something else tainting it?
The Nvidia kernel module very much does and should taint the
kernel.
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