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| @@ -256,9 +256,13 @@ characters, each representing a particular tainted value. | |||
| 256 | 9: 'A' if the ACPI table has been overridden. | 256 | 9: 'A' if the ACPI table has been overridden. |
| 257 | 257 | ||
| 258 | 10: 'W' if a warning has previously been issued by the kernel. | 258 | 10: 'W' if a warning has previously been issued by the kernel. |
| 259 | (Though some warnings may set more specific taint flags.) | ||
| 259 | 260 | ||
| 260 | 11: 'C' if a staging driver has been loaded. | 261 | 11: 'C' if a staging driver has been loaded. |
| 261 | 262 | ||
| 263 | 12: 'I' if the kernel is working around a severe bug in the platform | ||
| 264 | firmware (BIOS or similar). | ||
| 265 | |||
| 262 | The primary reason for the 'Tainted: ' string is to tell kernel | 266 | The primary reason for the 'Tainted: ' string is to tell kernel |
| 263 | debuggers if this is a clean kernel or if anything unusual has | 267 | debuggers if this is a clean kernel or if anything unusual has |
| 264 | occurred. Tainting is permanent: even if an offending module is | 268 | occurred. Tainting is permanent: even if an offending module is |