VMware Question

[Warren Togami]

No, non GPL kernel modules will load.  nVidia's proprietary drivers wouldn't
work without that capability, although it displays a "tainted" warning.

The kernel developers made that "tainted" system so that they can easily
look at kernel panics and know if any proprietary modules were loaded.  It
saves them time by not wasting their time in debugging problems that cannot
be fixed because the source code is not freely available under the GPL or
BSD license.  In other words it is like "use at your own risk".

----- Original Message -----
From: "MonMotha" <monmotha at indy.rr.com>
To: "Linux & Unix Advocates & Users" <luau at list.luau.hi.net>
Sent: Saturday, January 26, 2002 10:24 AM
Subject: [luau] Re: VMware Question


> Well, VMWare was going to try to compiel kerenl modules for your kernel,
> but couldn't as you dont' have a C compiler.  However, I don't think
> VMWare works in linux anymore as their stuff isn't GPL and newer kernels
> enforce GPL only symbol exports.
>
> --MonMotha