What is System.map for?

Sheldon E. Newhouse (sen1@math.msu.edu)
Wed, 15 Jan 1997 12:06:27 -0500


Can anyone give me some ideas and/or reference about System.map? I am
using /arch/i386.

1. What is System.map required for?
2. How does the kernel use it?
3. I removed it from one of my systems, and, at least for basic stuff,
it seems to make no difference.

TIA,

-sen

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