Re: [gNewSense-users] Freeness of rt61

[Karl Goetz]

Yoni Rabkin Katzenell wrote:
> Karl Goetz <address@hidden> writes:
>
> > Hi all.
> > Can someone confirm wether they get this same dmesg output when
> > loading the rt61 kernel module?
> >
> > Jan 23 19:15:53 localhost kernel: [17261763.564000] rt61: module
> > license 'unspecified' taints kernel.
> >
> > if they do, i'll be off to file a bug to kill off my wireless :\
> > kk
>
> I get that too:
>
> [17233741.724000] rt61: module license 'unspecified' taints kernel.
>
> In rt61-1.1.0-b1/Module/rt_config.h we have:
>
> #define RT2561_IMAGE_FILE_NAME      "/etc/Wireless/RT61STA/rt2561.bin"
> #define RT2561S_IMAGE_FILE_NAME     "/etc/Wireless/RT61STA/rt2561s.bin"
> #define RT2661_IMAGE_FILE_NAME      "/etc/Wireless/RT61STA/rt2661.bin"
>
> Which references the three blobs of binary firmware shipped with the
> otherwise GPL'd driver.

Although it references them, i don't have an /etc/Wireless directory, so 
i don't have the files. (locate agrees about them not being there).

i don't understand how the warning is generated (from kernel/module.c ) 
either, so i cant work out why it says that.
the only file in the directory ( 
linux-source-2.6.15-2.6.15/drivers/net/wireless/rt2600 ) without the GPL 
licence block is md5.h, which is called directly from md5.c. Is it 
possible the warning is legacy?

kk

>


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