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@@ -270,6 +270,8 @@ characters, each representing a particular tainted value.
15: 'L' if a soft lockup has previously occurred on the system.
+ 16: 'K' if the kernel has been live patched.
+
The primary reason for the 'Tainted: ' string is to tell kernel
debuggers if this is a clean kernel or if anything unusual has
occurred. Tainting is permanent: even if an offending module is