Re: [PATCH ??] Re: incorrect taint of ndiswrapper

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On Fri, 27 Oct 2006 08:27:41 -0700
Randy Dunlap <[email protected]> wrote:

> From: Randy Dunlap <[email protected]>
> 
> For ndiswrapper, don't set the module->taints flags,
> just set the kernel global tainted flag.
> This should allow ndiswrapper to continue to use GPL symbols.
> Not tested.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <[email protected]>
> ---
>  kernel/module.c |    2 +-
>  1 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> --- linux-2619-rc3-pv.orig/kernel/module.c
> +++ linux-2619-rc3-pv/kernel/module.c
> @@ -1718,7 +1718,7 @@ static struct module *load_module(void _
>  	set_license(mod, get_modinfo(sechdrs, infoindex, "license"));
>  
>  	if (strcmp(mod->name, "ndiswrapper") == 0)
> -		add_taint_module(mod, TAINT_PROPRIETARY_MODULE);
> +		add_taint(TAINT_PROPRIETARY_MODULE);
>  	if (strcmp(mod->name, "driverloader") == 0)
>  		add_taint_module(mod, TAINT_PROPRIETARY_MODULE);
>  

Could someone please test this for us?
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