1PRINT_TAINTED(9)                 Driver Basics                PRINT_TAINTED(9)
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NAME

6       print_tainted - return a string to represent the kernel taint state.
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SYNOPSIS

9       const char * print_tainted(void);
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ARGUMENTS

12       void
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DESCRIPTION

16       'P' - Proprietary module has been loaded. 'F' - Module has been
17       forcibly loaded. 'S' - SMP with CPUs not designed for SMP. 'R' - User
18       forced a module unload. 'M' - System experienced a machine check
19       exception. 'B' - System has hit bad_page. 'U' - Userspace-defined
20       naughtiness. 'D' - Kernel has oopsed before 'A' - ACPI table
21       overridden. 'W' - Taint on warning. 'C' - modules from drivers/staging
22       are loaded. 'I' - Working around severe firmware bug.
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24       The string is overwritten by the next call to print_tainted.
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