Sun, 17 Mar 2013, 16:32 -07:00 from Jonathan Nieder <jrnie...@gmail.com>: > Hi Bob, > > Bob Bib wrote: > > > please include 'extract-vmlinux' script: > <linux_src_tree_root>/scripts/extract-vmlinux > > in some Linux-related binary package; > > it allows extraction of a plain vmlinux from a compressed Linux kernel > image, > > in an easy way. > > What do you use it for? > > Curious, > Jonathan
Hi Jonathan, last time I used 'extract-vmlinux' for unpacking an Ubuntu kernel image to get the upstream base sources version from it (Ubuntu kernel images have some custom version numbers; on running system, they even produce 2 files: '/proc/version' & '/proc/version_signature'). It's easy to get 'extract-vmlinux' from kernel.org, but nevertheless, it would be handy for some people to have it installed automatically as part of some Debian package :) ---- Best wishes, Bob
