X-Git-Url: https://git.karo-electronics.de/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=Documentation%2Foops-tracing.txt;h=7f60dfe642caf9a65421f49b3cf9c342b79705dd;hb=5bbf89fc260830f3f58b331d946a16b39ad1ca2d;hp=23e6dde7eea6c34c33ffeb1ff0906a3f0848dcfa;hpb=add096909da63ef32d6766f6771c07c9f16c6ee5;p=mv-sheeva.git diff --git a/Documentation/oops-tracing.txt b/Documentation/oops-tracing.txt index 23e6dde7eea..7f60dfe642c 100644 --- a/Documentation/oops-tracing.txt +++ b/Documentation/oops-tracing.txt @@ -251,6 +251,8 @@ characters, each representing a particular tainted value. 7: 'U' if a user or user application specifically requested that the Tainted flag be set, ' ' otherwise. + 8: 'D' if the kernel has died recently, i.e. there was an OOPS or BUG. + 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