From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Mon, 7 May 2001 11:38:30 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Mon, 7 May 2001 11:38:20 -0400 Received: from zero.tech9.net ([209.61.188.187]:40207 "EHLO zero.tech9.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Mon, 7 May 2001 11:38:10 -0400 Subject: Re: A simple question. From: Robert "M." Love To: Hai Xu Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <000701c0d70a$923fbf70$3cac7f82@crb50> In-Reply-To: <000701c0d70a$923fbf70$3cac7f82@crb50> Content-Type: text/plain X-Mailer: Evolution/0.10 (Preview Release) Date: 07 May 2001 11:34:52 -0400 Message-Id: <989249704.1614.0.camel@icbm> Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 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