[OpenAFS] libafs: module license 'http://www.openafs.org/dl/license10.html' taints kernel

Derek Atkins warlord@MIT.EDU
Thu, 30 Mar 2006 11:21:54 -0500


"Amar P. Patel" <amar@omalas.com> writes:

> I upgraded the kernel to 2.6.16smp using yum.  Now when I run the script 
> /etc/init.d/afs start, I get the following message:
> libafs: module license 'http://www.openafs.org/dl/license10.html' taints 
> kernel
> Warning: failed to find address of system call table
> System call hooks will not be installed; proceeding anyway
> Starting AFS services.....

This looks fine.  You can safely ignore the warnings about tainting
and the syscall table.

> Also, in step 6 of Getting Started on Linux Systems of the Quick start 
> Guide, it mentions to edit /etc/fstab.  How do I know the disk name?  
> Here is what I have in /etc/fstab:
[snip]

I'm not sure what this has to do with AFS?

-derek
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