X-Git-Url: https://git.karo-electronics.de/?a=blobdiff_plain;ds=sidebyside;f=Documentation%2Foops-tracing.txt;h=6fe9001b92634ec306a745d5842883640db79597;hb=f451171c5ac829e55581c81caf2cb01e1c0a5c5f;hp=c10c022b911cb7b1dd46bd61baabde516cd92bed;hpb=32032df6c2f6c9c6b2ada2ce42322231824f70c2;p=mv-sheeva.git diff --git a/Documentation/oops-tracing.txt b/Documentation/oops-tracing.txt index c10c022b911..6fe9001b926 100644 --- a/Documentation/oops-tracing.txt +++ b/Documentation/oops-tracing.txt @@ -256,9 +256,13 @@ characters, each representing a particular tainted value. 9: 'A' if the ACPI table has been overridden. 10: 'W' if a warning has previously been issued by the kernel. + (Though some warnings may set more specific taint flags.) 11: 'C' if a staging driver has been loaded. + 12: 'I' if the kernel is working around a severe bug in the platform + firmware (BIOS or similar). + The primary reason for the 'Tainted: ' string is to tell kernel debuggers if this is a clean kernel or if anything unusual has occurred. Tainting is permanent: even if an offending module is