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diff --git a/Documentation/oops-tracing.txt b/Documentation/oops-tracing.txt index b152e81da59..e3155995ddd 100644 --- a/Documentation/oops-tracing.txt +++ b/Documentation/oops-tracing.txt @@ -256,6 +256,17 @@ 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). + + 13: 'O' if an externally-built ("out-of-tree") module has been loaded. + + 14: 'E' if an unsigned module has been loaded in a kernel supporting + module signature. The primary reason for the 'Tainted: ' string is to tell kernel debuggers if this is a clean kernel or if anything unusual has |