System.map

Albert D. Cahalan (acahalan@cs.uml.edu)
Wed, 11 Feb 1998 21:47:20 -0500 (EST)

There doesn't seem to be any way to verify that a System.map file
matches up with the running kernel or with an oops. It is better
to get hex than garbage. This affects /bin/ps at least, and I'd
expect it to affect ksymoops too.

Perhaps the following header wouldn't break existing code:

c0100000 A kernel_cookie_is_bae28feb0bf63cce

The data could be created from /dev/urandom when the kernel
is compiled, printed with an oops, and available in /proc.

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