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

[Gianluca Alberici <gianluca@abinetworks.biz>]

Andrew Morton wrote:

> On Fri, 27 Oct 2006 08:27:41 -0700
> Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> wrote:
>
>  
>
> > From: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com>
> >
> > 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 <randy.dunlap@oracle.com>
> > ---
> > 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
>  

tested on rc2-mm2. It works.

I think it would be really good to hear somebody from the ndiswrapper 
group about this thread. During these 6 months (?) i believe both the 
kernel and ndiswrapper could go very far with a good collaboration.

Another thing: shouldnt be more efficent and readable to remove those 
"if ((strcmp...." from modules.c and to put all the tainted modules 
names into a separate source file into, say, a string array ? What if we 
had 250 tainted modules ?

And finally, it seems to me that ideas are not perfectly clear about 
what Linux should / should not do in respect to

- GPLed
- NON GPLed
- (???) GPLed

drivers. I believe policies and potential problems should be cristal 
clear before making any implementation.

Regards,

Gianluca
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