Documentation/admin-guide/tainted-kernels.rst | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
Fix two minor typos in the tainted-kernels documentation:
- 'a more details explanation' -> 'a more detailed explanation'
- 'userpace' -> 'userspace'
Signed-off-by: Brian Knutsson <development@knutsson.it>
---
Documentation/admin-guide/tainted-kernels.rst | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/tainted-kernels.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/tainted-kernels.rst
index a0cc017e4424..714186159536 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/tainted-kernels.rst
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/tainted-kernels.rst
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ this on the machine that had the statements in the logs that were quoted earlier
* Externally-built ('out-of-tree') module was loaded (#12)
See Documentation/admin-guide/tainted-kernels.rst in the Linux kernel or
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/admin-guide/tainted-kernels.html for
- a more details explanation of the various taint flags.
+ a more detailed explanation of the various taint flags.
Raw taint value as int/string: 4609/'P W O '
You can try to decode the number yourself. That's easy if there was only one
@@ -186,6 +186,6 @@ More detailed explanation for tainting
18) ``N`` if an in-kernel test, such as a KUnit test, has been run.
- 19) ``J`` if userpace opened /dev/fwctl/* and performed a FWTCL_RPC_DEBUG_WRITE
+ 19) ``J`` if userspace opened /dev/fwctl/* and performed a FWTCL_RPC_DEBUG_WRITE
to use the devices debugging features. Device debugging features could
cause the device to malfunction in undefined ways.
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2.48.1
On 12/2/25 7:05 AM, Brian Knutsson wrote:
> Fix two minor typos in the tainted-kernels documentation:
> - 'a more details explanation' -> 'a more detailed explanation'
> - 'userpace' -> 'userspace'
>
> Signed-off-by: Brian Knutsson <development@knutsson.it>
Acked-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>
Thanks.
> ---
> Documentation/admin-guide/tainted-kernels.rst | 4 ++--
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/tainted-kernels.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/tainted-kernels.rst
> index a0cc017e4424..714186159536 100644
> --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/tainted-kernels.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/tainted-kernels.rst
> @@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ this on the machine that had the statements in the logs that were quoted earlier
> * Externally-built ('out-of-tree') module was loaded (#12)
> See Documentation/admin-guide/tainted-kernels.rst in the Linux kernel or
> https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/admin-guide/tainted-kernels.html for
> - a more details explanation of the various taint flags.
> + a more detailed explanation of the various taint flags.
> Raw taint value as int/string: 4609/'P W O '
>
> You can try to decode the number yourself. That's easy if there was only one
> @@ -186,6 +186,6 @@ More detailed explanation for tainting
>
> 18) ``N`` if an in-kernel test, such as a KUnit test, has been run.
>
> - 19) ``J`` if userpace opened /dev/fwctl/* and performed a FWTCL_RPC_DEBUG_WRITE
> + 19) ``J`` if userspace opened /dev/fwctl/* and performed a FWTCL_RPC_DEBUG_WRITE
> to use the devices debugging features. Device debugging features could
> cause the device to malfunction in undefined ways.
--
~Randy
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