On Mon, 8 Jul 2002 10:59:18 +0530
"Rupa" <rupa.ramakrishna@ionidea.com> wrote:
R> Hello,
R>
R> I have included module.h in my source file. and also i compiled using
R> this opiton:
R> gcc -D__KERNEL__ -I/usr/src/linux-2.4/include -c <modulename>.Now when
R> i
Nothing to do with this error, but you should include -DMODULE too.
R> try to load the module it throws following warning error:
R> #/sbin/insmod ./<modulename.o>
R> loading ./<modulename> will taint the kernel:no licence
R> iam not able to understand why it is showing this error.
This already have been discussed here, you should browse through the
archives before asking again.
You must include a free-software compatible license to not taint the
kernel.
IIRC the free software-compatible licenses accepted in the kernel are:
GPL, BSD or MPL.
Otherwise the license is considered proprietary and the kernel will be
tainted.
In your case you you didn't define a license at all (more likely).
This is an example to distribuite your module under GNU GPL:
MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
Please be sure to read and agree with the license terms _before_ doing
this.
Felipe
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