[ATrpms-users] kernel tainted?

[greg wm]

greg wm wrote:
>> any idea why i might be getting "kernel tainted?"  perhaps because
>> some symbols are missing, or something doesn't quite match?
>>
>> i'm trying to get sound working... i was hoping these these would do the trick:
>>
>>                    alsa-driver-1.0.14-58_rc3.fc5.at
>>    alsa-kmdl-2.6.20-1.2307.fc5-1.0.14-58_rc3.fc5.at
>>       kernel-2.6.20-1.2307.fc5
>>
>> but when i "modprobe snd_es18xx", i get:
>>
>>    snd: no version for "struct_module" found: kernel tainted.
>>    ALSA /var/tmp/bach-build/BUILD/alsa-driver-1.0.14rc3/isa/../alsa-kernel/isa/es18xx.c:1836: es18xx: unable to grap ports 0x220-0x22f

Paulo Cavalcanti wrote:
> Kernel tainted just means you are using a  proprietary module, such as 
> nvidia.
> 
> It is just a flag to inform you that the the developers will not accept 
> kernel bug reports.
> 
> My kernels are tainted also.

umm, ...  what's proprietary?  ALSA is released under the GPL.  a fresh 
fc5 install wouldnt have any proprietary stuff.

so i'm still thinking something might be mismatched?  or perhaps you 
mean that alsa-kmdl sits askew from some standard?  murky to me.  guess 
i should try the alsa source if i don't hear any other ideas.

ty,
greg wm