PRINT_TAINTED(9) Driver Basics PRINT_TAINTED(9)NAMEprint_tainted - return a string to represent the kernel taint state.
SYNOPSIS
const char * print_tainted(void);
ARGUMENTS
void
no arguments
DESCRIPTION
´P´ - Proprietary module has been loaded. ´F´ - Module has been
forcibly loaded. ´S´ - SMP with CPUs not designed for SMP. ´R´ - User
forced a module unload. ´M´ - System experienced a machine check
exception. ´B´ - System has hit bad_page. ´U´ - Userspace-defined
naughtiness. ´D´ - Kernel has oopsed before ´A´ - ACPI table
overridden. ´W´ - Taint on warning. ´C´ - modules from drivers/staging
are loaded. ´I´ - Working around severe firmware bug. ´H´ - Hardware is
unsupported.
The string is overwritten by the next call to print_tainted.
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