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From: Robert "M." Love <rml@tech9.net>
To: Hai Xu <xhai@CLEMSON.EDU>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: A simple question.
Date: 07 May 2001 11:34:52 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <989249704.1614.0.camel@icbm> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <000701c0d70a$923fbf70$3cac7f82@crb50>
In-Reply-To: <000701c0d70a$923fbf70$3cac7f82@crb50>

On 07 May 2001 11:29:56 -0400, Hai Xu wrote:
> After I compile and upgrade to a newer Kernel, do I need to copy the
> System.map from /usr/src/linux/ to /boot/System-xxxx and link it to
> System.map

yes, you do. but System.map is only needed to do symbol lookups, for
times like debugging.

note most distributions link /boot/System.map to the correct System.map
(in boot) on startup. if your's does not, its a simple script:

ln -sf /boot/System.map-`uname -r` /boot/System.map


-- 
Robert M. Love
rml@tech9.net
rml@ufl.edu


  reply	other threads:[~2001-05-07 15:38 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2001-05-07 15:29 A simple question Hai Xu
2001-05-07 15:34 ` Robert M. Love [this message]
2001-05-07 15:43 ` Feng Xian
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2002-08-09  1:26 ed Wang
2002-08-09 16:57 ` David Love

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