# Support bit on kernel module

**URL:** <https://forums.suse.com/t/support-bit-on-kernel-module/34804>\
**Category:** SLED Applications\
**Created:** [February 21, 2020, 6:54pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/support-bit-on-kernel-module/34804 "2020-02-21T18:54:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![testspeech12](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e480ec/32.png) [@testspeech12](https://forums.suse.com/u/testspeech12)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2020, 6:54pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/support-bit-on-kernel-module/34804/1 "2020-02-21T18:54:15Z")

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i wrote my own kernel module but while doing modprobe , i am getting error “unsupported module”.  
–allow\_unsupported option allow loading the module.  
how can i set support = external in my module ?

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**Author:** ![Andreas1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d26b3c/32.png) [@Andreas1](https://forums.suse.com/u/Andreas1)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2020, 9:27pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/support-bit-on-kernel-module/34804/2 "2020-02-22T21:27:21Z")

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If you want a tainted kernel, you should configure /etc/modprobe.d/10-unsupported-modules.conf to allow loading of unsupported kernel modules.

Please read:

- SLE Administration Guide, chaptre 36.6/43.6 “Support of Kernel Modules”  
[https://documentation.suse.com/](https://documentation.suse.com/)

- this webpage:  
[https://www.suse.com/support/kb/doc/?id=3582750](https://www.suse.com/support/kb/doc/?id=3582750)

and the warnings in /etc/modprobe.d/10-unsupported-modules.conf

carefully.

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**Author:** ![testspeech12](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e480ec/32.png) [@testspeech12](https://forums.suse.com/u/testspeech12)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2020, 6:50am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/support-bit-on-kernel-module/34804/3 "2020-02-23T06:50:02Z")

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Thanks AndreasMeyer,  
This is very helpfull.