Re: kernel tainted?

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On Thu, 13 Mar 2014, Lawrence E Graves wrote:

>
> On 03/13/2014 08:44 AM, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> > dmesg | grep -i taint
> root@JesusChrist ~]# dmesg | grep -i taint
> [    3.320975] nvidia: module license 'NVIDIA' taints kernel.
> [    3.320980] Disabling lock debugging due to kernel taint
> [    3.363461] nvidia: module verification failed: signature and/or required
> key missing - tainting kernel
> [r
> What to do next if this is the readout of the above command.

  nothing ... you're loading a proprietary module which will, by
definition, taint the kernel, no way to prevent that. just because
your kernel has been "tainted" doesn't necessarily reflect a problem.

rday

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