On Sat, Feb 11, 2017 at 3:28 PM, Madhu K <madhu.sk89@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi All, > > I have built a kernel module against a 4.9.2 for arm board. while inserting > this kernel module I am getting below message which is high lighted in red > color what exactly mean loading out-of-tree module. what could be the > possible reason to get this message? > > Please help me out to understand below message mean. > > ubuntu@ubuntu-armhf:/home/Madhu/i2c$ dmesg > [ 704.283100] i2c_client: loading out-of-tree module taints kernel. > [ 704.285359] driver initialization > [ 704.285693] inside probe function > > > Regards, > Madhu > > _______________________________________________ > Kernelnewbies mailing list > Kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > https://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies > An 'out-of-tree' message does not indicate an error. It is informing you that the module being loaded is not a part of the kernel source tree, but an 'out-of-tree' one, i.e. your custom module whose source code resides say in your home directory. To verify your module has been loaded successfully, run 'lsmod | grep your_module_name' after loading it with 'insmod'. Hope this helps. _______________________________________________ Kernelnewbies mailing list Kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies
