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admin-guide: Fix list formatting in tained-kernels.html

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Without this patch, the points 1-9 in the list are rendered as an HTML
blockquote containing a list, causing them to be indented further than
the rest of the list.

While at it, also fix the quotation marks around G and P.

Signed-off-by: Jonathan Neuschäfer <j.neuschaefer@gmx.net>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
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Jonathan Neuschäfer 2018-02-13 23:36:51 +01:00 committed by Jonathan Corbet
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Documentation/admin-guide/tainted-kernels.rst
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@ -6,34 +6,34 @@ counter. This indicates that the kernel has been tainted by some
mechanism. The string is followed by a series of position-sensitive
characters, each representing a particular tainted value.
1) 'G' if all modules loaded have a GPL or compatible license, 'P' if
1) ``G`` if all modules loaded have a GPL or compatible license, ``P`` if
any proprietary module has been loaded. Modules without a
MODULE_LICENSE or with a MODULE_LICENSE that is not recognised by
insmod as GPL compatible are assumed to be proprietary.
2) ``F`` if any module was force loaded by ``insmod -f``, ``' '`` if all
2) ``F`` if any module was force loaded by ``insmod -f``, ``' '`` if all
modules were loaded normally.
3) ``S`` if the oops occurred on an SMP kernel running on hardware that
3) ``S`` if the oops occurred on an SMP kernel running on hardware that
hasn't been certified as safe to run multiprocessor.
Currently this occurs only on various Athlons that are not
SMP capable.
4) ``R`` if a module was force unloaded by ``rmmod -f``, ``' '`` if all
4) ``R`` if a module was force unloaded by ``rmmod -f``, ``' '`` if all
modules were unloaded normally.
5) ``M`` if any processor has reported a Machine Check Exception,
5) ``M`` if any processor has reported a Machine Check Exception,
``' '`` if no Machine Check Exceptions have occurred.
6) ``B`` if a page-release function has found a bad page reference or
6) ``B`` if a page-release function has found a bad page reference or
some unexpected page flags.
7) ``U`` if a user or user application specifically requested that the
7) ``U`` if a user or user application specifically requested that the
Tainted flag be set, ``' '`` otherwise.
8) ``D`` if the kernel has died recently, i.e. there was an OOPS or BUG.
8) ``D`` if the kernel has died recently, i.e. there was an OOPS or BUG.
9) ``A`` if the ACPI table has been overridden.
9) ``A`` if the ACPI table has been overridden.
10) ``W`` if a warning has previously been issued by the kernel.
(Though some warnings may set more specific taint flags.)