[packman] Broadcom Drivers

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> On 30 Nov 2018, at 23:32, John Shand <jshand2013 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi there, just letting you know this driver works perfectly wqell on
> opensuse tumbleweed with the most recent updates installed.  i have the
> bcm43228 chipset.  however there is a concern that i have which i will
> put below about tainting the kernel and version of the broadcom driver:
> 
> kernel: dcdbas dcdbas: Dell Systems Management Base Driver (version
> 5.6.0-3.2)
> Dec 01 12:11:40 linux-2zhw kernel: PKCS#7 signature not signed with a
> trusted key
> Dec 01 12:11:40 linux-2zhw kernel: wl: loading out-of-tree module
> taints kernel.
> Dec 01 12:11:40 linux-2zhw kernel: wl: module license
> 'MIXED/Proprietary' taints kernel.
> Dec 01 12:11:40 linux-2zhw kernel: Disabling lock debugging due to
> kernel taint
> Dec 01 12:11:40 linux-2zhw kernel: wl: module verification failed:
> signature and/or required key missing - tainting kernel
> Dec 01 12:11:40 linux-2zhw kernel: wlan0: Broadcom BCM4359 802.11
> Hybrid Wireless Controller 6.30.223.271 (r587334)
> Dec 01 12:11:40 linux-2zhw kernel: 
> Dec 01 12:11:40 linux-2zhw kernel: iTCO_wdt: Intel TCO WatchDog Timer
> Driver v1.11
> Dec 01 12:11:40 linux-2zhw kernel: iTCO_wdt: Found a Panther Point TCO
> device (Version=2, TCOBASE=0x0460)
> Dec 01 12:11:40 linux-2zhw kernel: iTCO_wdt: initialized. heartbeat=30
> sec (nowayout=0)

That’s what happens when you load a non-official module into the kernel … https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/118116/what-is-a-tainted-kernel-in-linux <https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/118116/what-is-a-tainted-kernel-in-linux>

https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/admin-guide/tainted-kernels.html <https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/admin-guide/tainted-kernels.html>