[ATrpms-users] kernel tainted?

[Axel Thimm]

On Sat, Apr 07, 2007 at 03:41:23AM -0500, greg wm wrote:
> any idea why i might be getting "kernel tainted?"  perhaps because some
> symbols are missing, or something doesn't quite match?

No, kernel tainted has to do with license tainting, if you like to
call it that way.

> i'm trying to get sound working.  having freshly installed fc5, in
> /etc/sysconfig/hwconf i find:
> 
>     class: OTHER
>     bus: ISAPNP
>     detached: 0
>     desc: "ESS1869"
>     deviceId: ESS1869

What does lspci suggest? Also check lshw.

> so 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

The two messages are unrelated. The important one is the second: Is
your device on ports 0x220-0x22f? If yes, did you perhaps modprobe
something else that occupies these resources? If not, maybe you need
to pass these parameters to the module?

> > Apr  6 11:29:18 nana /proc/ioports: 015c-015d : pnp 00:0c
> > Apr  6 11:29:18 nana /proc/ioports: 04d0-04d1 : pnp 00:0c
> > Apr  6 11:29:18 nana /proc/ioports: 2000-201f : 0000:00:0d.0
> > Apr  6 11:29:18 nana /proc/ioports:   2000-201f : e100
> > Apr  6 11:29:18 nana /proc/ioports: f800-f83f : 0000:00:14.3
> > Apr  6 11:29:18 nana /proc/ioports:   f800-f81f : motherboard
> > Apr  6 11:29:18 nana /proc/ioports:     f800-f803 : ACPI PM1a_EVT_BLK
> > Apr  6 11:29:18 nana /proc/ioports:     f804-f805 : ACPI PM1a_CNT_BLK
> > Apr  6 11:29:18 nana /proc/ioports:     f808-f80b : ACPI PM_TMR
> > Apr  6 11:29:18 nana /proc/ioports:     f80c-f80f : ACPI GPE0_BLK
> > Apr  6 11:29:18 nana /proc/ioports:     f810-f815 : ACPI CPU throttle
> > Apr  6 11:29:18 nana /proc/ioports:   f820-f83f : motherboard
> > Apr  6 11:29:18 nana /proc/ioports:     f820-f83f : pnp 00:0d
> > Apr  6 11:29:18 nana /proc/ioports: fc00-fc0f : 0000:00:14.3
> > Apr  6 11:29:18 nana /proc/ioports:   fc00-fc0f : motherboard
> > Apr  6 11:29:18 nana /proc/ioports:     fc00-fc0f : pnp 00:0d
> > Apr  6 11:29:18 nana /proc/ioports:       fc00-fc07 : piix4_smbus

I don't see the above ports anywhere.

> perhaps i should abandon the rpm's and try the alsa source?  but i
> thought first i'd ask, anybody have any other idea?

Yes, you should try that, too, if nothing else helps, also check the
changelogs on alsa whether there is any change that applies to
es18xx. All I could find with a quick search was

 + ES18xx driver
    - Port the rest of ALSA ISA drivers to isa_driver

in 1.0.14rc3.
-- 
Axel.Thimm at ATrpms.net
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