Re: A more accurate System.map, including modules
Richard Gooch (rgooch@atnf.CSIRO.AU)
Mon, 22 Sep 1997 16:55:10 +1000
H. Peter Anvin writes:
> > >
> > > Suggestion: make insmod log the location of each module in the system
> > > log, or have the kernel output that information ("kernel: loaded
> > > module foo at 0xe0801130). Then one could use that information from
> > > the system log to decode the oops, without involving /proc/ksyms.
> >
> > It seems people dislike the klogd idea, even if it does everything
> > that ksymoops is proposing to do. Why? It seems to me (a modified)
> > klogd has the advantage of not requiring you to do anything to extract
> > a meaningful log.
> >
>
> For one thing: dmesg often works even when syslogd/klogd doesn't, and
> I want to be able to decode my dmesg dumps! Furthermore, even if I
> have to write my kernel messages down by pencil and paper I want to be
> able to decode them, later, offline.
Fair enough.
Regards,
Richard....