Kernel tainted with value 512 after running the DW1820 wireless card on RHEL7.8

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Issue

The kernel is marked as tainted with value 512 after running the DW1820 wireless card on RHEL 7.8.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.8
  • DW1820 wireless card
  • Dell OptiPlex 7070 Micro with BIOS versions prior to 1.5.1

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