RE: Kernel 2.4.20

From: Jeremy Utley (zde.lsix@roskapostia.tunk.net)
Date: Thu Jul 24 2003 - 07:57:49 EEST

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    > -----Original Message-----
    > From: terhi.victor@logonet.com
    > [mailto:vamh.kzmubbumgy@cemex.com]On Behalf Of David Munn
    >
    >
    >
    > Hi All......have been putting Slackware 9.0 onto a 2ghz h/d
    > for use with
    > packet......i set it up with all the ax25 progs....libax25...ax25
    > utils...ax25 tools etc and then configured it to use my SB16
    > soundcard on
    > 4800 bd.....
    > when i modprobe soundmodem i get a warning message that the
    > driver could
    > corrupt the kernel and also ...no licence....
    >
    > thought this might be a problem with the Slackware distro but
    > also have this
    > Kernel loaded on my Red Hat machine...have checked this one
    > also and found
    > the same Warning message when i ...modprobe soundmodem.....
    >

    Nothing to worry about - just some changes in the 2.4.20 kernel that
    look for a flag in the kernel module to reflect what license it's
    provided
    under. Because this flag is not present, modprobe throws up a warning
    message - but the module should still work.

    Jeremy

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