[OpenAFS] loading the libafs kernel module hangs the system

Derrick J Brashear shadow@dementia.org
Wed, 21 May 2003 09:08:33 -0400 (EDT)


On Wed, 21 May 2003, Kirti Walpole wrote:

> I'm able to load the kernel module manually, however I get the
> following warning message :
>
> # insmod /usr/vice/etc/modload/libafs-2.4.19-64GB-SMP.mp.o
> Warning: loading /usr/vice/etc/modload/libafs-2.4.19-64GB-SMP.mp.o will
> taint the kernel: no license
>   See http://www.tux.org/lkml/#export-tainted for information about tainted
> modules
> Module libafs-2.4.19-64GB-SMP.mp loaded, with warnings
>
> Has anyone else run into this problem? If so, how was it resolved.

By ignoring the warning. It has a stick up its ahem about licenses, and
we're not GPL. There's no actual problem.