* [gentoo-user] nvidia: loading out-of-tree module taints kernel
@ 2020-12-14 0:48 thelma
2020-12-14 0:52 ` thelma
2020-12-14 2:40 ` David Haller
0 siblings, 2 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: thelma @ 2020-12-14 0:48 UTC (permalink / raw
To: Gentoo mailing list
I'm loading nvidia via: /etc/modules-load.d/video.conf
but when kernel boots, there is a error message:
Failed to load nvidia
dmesg |grep nvidia
nvidia: loading out-of-tree module taints kernel.
nvidia: module license 'NVIDIA' taints kernel.
nvidia-nvlink: Nvlink Core is being initialized, major device number 246
nvidia 0000:08:00.0: vgaarb: changed VGA decodes: olddecodes=io+mem,decodes=none:owns=io+mem
nvidia-modeset: Loading NVIDIA Kernel Mode Setting Driver for UNIX platforms 455.28 Wed Sep 30 00:58:12 UTC 2020
[drm] [nvidia-drm] [GPU ID 0x00000800] Loading driver
[drm] Initialized nvidia-drm 0.0.0 20160202 for 0000:08:00.0 on minor 0
nvidia-smi (1442) used greatest stack depth: 12624 bytes left
caller _nv000708rm+0x1af/0x200 [nvidia] mapping multiple BARs
Why this error message?
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* Re: [gentoo-user] nvidia: loading out-of-tree module taints kernel
2020-12-14 0:48 [gentoo-user] nvidia: loading out-of-tree module taints kernel thelma
@ 2020-12-14 0:52 ` thelma
2020-12-14 2:40 ` David Haller
1 sibling, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: thelma @ 2020-12-14 0:52 UTC (permalink / raw
To: Gentoo mailing list
On 12/13/2020 05:48 PM, thelma@sys-concept.com wrote:
> I'm loading nvidia via: /etc/modules-load.d/video.conf
>
> but when kernel boots, there is a error message:
>
> Failed to load nvidia
>
> dmesg |grep nvidia
> nvidia: loading out-of-tree module taints kernel.
> nvidia: module license 'NVIDIA' taints kernel.
> nvidia-nvlink: Nvlink Core is being initialized, major device number 246
> nvidia 0000:08:00.0: vgaarb: changed VGA decodes: olddecodes=io+mem,decodes=none:owns=io+mem
> nvidia-modeset: Loading NVIDIA Kernel Mode Setting Driver for UNIX platforms 455.28 Wed Sep 30 00:58:12 UTC 2020
> [drm] [nvidia-drm] [GPU ID 0x00000800] Loading driver
> [drm] Initialized nvidia-drm 0.0.0 20160202 for 0000:08:00.0 on minor 0
> nvidia-smi (1442) used greatest stack depth: 12624 bytes left
> caller _nv000708rm+0x1af/0x200 [nvidia] mapping multiple BARs
>
> Why this error message?
and yes, I run:
emerge -1 @module-rebuild
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* Re: [gentoo-user] nvidia: loading out-of-tree module taints kernel
2020-12-14 0:48 [gentoo-user] nvidia: loading out-of-tree module taints kernel thelma
2020-12-14 0:52 ` thelma
@ 2020-12-14 2:40 ` David Haller
1 sibling, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: David Haller @ 2020-12-14 2:40 UTC (permalink / raw
To: gentoo-user
Hello,
On Sun, 13 Dec 2020, thelma@sys-concept.com wrote:
>dmesg |grep nvidia
> nvidia: loading out-of-tree module taints kernel.
> nvidia: module license 'NVIDIA' taints kernel.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
[..]
>Why this error message?
There is no error.
See <https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/taint#Verb>
-dnh
--
"The command 'man man' works fine, but 'man woman' produces:
No manual entry for woman." -- Constantinos Maltezos
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