Documentation/admin-guide/tainted-kernels.rst

42 the kernel got tainted earlier because a proprietary Module (``P``) was loaded,
43 a warning occurred (``W``), and an externally-built module was loaded (``O``).
61 	 * Proprietary module was loaded (#0)
63 	 * Externally-built ('out-of-tree') module was loaded  (#12)
85   0  G/P       1  proprietary module was loaded
86   1  _/F       2  module was force loaded
95  10  _/C    1024  staging driver was loaded
97  12  _/O    4096  externally-built ("out-of-tree") module was loaded
98  13  _/E    8192  unsigned module was loaded
112  0)  ``G`` if all modules loaded have a GPL or compatible license, ``P`` if
113      any proprietary module has been loaded.  Modules without a
117  1)  ``F`` if any module was force loaded by ``insmod -f``, ``' '`` if all
118      modules were loaded normally.
165  10) ``C`` if a staging driver has been loaded.
170  12) ``O`` if an externally-built ("out-of-tree") module has been loaded.
172  13) ``E`` if an unsigned module has been loaded in a kernel supporting