Re: A question on System.map (for the FAQ please)

Miquel van Smoorenburg (miquels@cistron.nl)
5 Oct 1999 16:29:55 +0200

In article <cistron.EB62C0C34246D111A39A00805FA6A85504834D9E@ems2.glam.ac.uk>,
Jones D (ISaCS) <djones2@glam.ac.uk> wrote:
>Ugh, what a waste of kernel space.
>This can be done just as well from userspace..
>After you've made a kernel..
>
> mv System.map /boot/System.map-`uname -r`
>
>And edit the script which is starting syslog so that just before
>it starts the deamon it it says..
>
> ln -sf /boot/System.map-`uname -r` /boot/System.map

Well that shouldn't be necessary. Both "ps" and "klogd" check for
/boot/System.map-version before checking /boot/System.map by default
if you have a recent (< 2 years old or so) version. At least on
my Debian system they do.

Mike.

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