Re: No module symbols loaded - kernel modules not enabled.

From: Jan Engelhardt
Date: Sun Oct 28 2007 - 16:49:50 EST



On Oct 28 2007 20:50, Markus Elfring wrote:
>Hello,
>
>I get the following output from the command "head -n 7 /var/log/boot.msg".
>
>Inspecting /boot/System.map-2.6.23.1-default
>Loaded 27483 symbols from /boot/System.map-2.6.23.1-default.
>Symbols match kernel version 2.6.23.
>No module symbols loaded - kernel modules not enabled.
>
>klogd 1.4.1, log source = ksyslog started.
><5>Linux version 2.6.23.1-default (root@Sonne) (gcc version 4.2.1 (SUSE Linux)) #1 SMP
>PREEMPT Sun Oct 28 15:34:56 CET 2007
>
>
>A lot of discussions can be found around this specific notice about symbol loading. I am
>interested in an explanation for the effects on the current kernel.
>Does it just mean that no debugging symbols were loaded?

This message is added by klogd, and it is independent of CONFIG_KALLSYMS.
(Since I do have KALLSYMS=y while also getting that message. I suppose
it is because CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO=n)
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