On Thu, Dec 14, 2000 at 08:35:50AM -0800, Peter Jay Salzman wrote:
> 
> ethan, this is fantastic news if true.
> 
> i tried to verify your claim by looking at the man page for klogd.
> couldn't find anything about looking for System.map-version.
> 
> i also looked in /usr/src/Documentation/oops-tracing, with no success.
> 
> i do beleive you, but can you give me a reference on this?

i don't remember where i read it, it was nearly 2 years ago i think.  

the only reference i can give you is the way all my computers are
setup:

[EMAIL PROTECTED] eb]$ ls -l /boot/
total 6592
-r--r--r--    1 root     root       234955 Nov 21 05:02 System.map-2.2.17
-r--r--r--    1 root     root       256856 Dec 13 19:30 System.map-2.2.18
-r--r--r--    1 root     root        11293 Nov 21 04:53 config-2.2.17
-r--r--r--    1 root     root        12694 Dec 13 19:20 config-2.2.18
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           20 Dec 11 05:08 vmlinux -> 
/boot/vmlinux-2.2.18
-r--r--r--    1 root     root      2169118 Nov 21 05:02 vmlinux-2.2.17
-r--r--r--    1 root     root      2375582 Dec 13 19:30 vmlinux-2.2.18
-r--r--r--    1 root     root       791061 Nov 21 05:02 vmlinux.coff-2.2.17
-r--r--r--    1 root     root       860525 Dec 13 19:30 vmlinux.coff-2.2.18
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           20 Nov 21 05:06 vmlinux.old -> 
/boot/vmlinux-2.2.17
[EMAIL PROTECTED] eb]$

this is a powerpc, my intel machines are the same.  (except for having
lilo .b files)

when i boot i see this in the logs right before the dmesg:

Dec 11 05:13:44 socrates kernel: klogd 1.3-3#33.1, log source = /proc/kmsg 
started.
Dec 11 05:13:44 socrates kernel: Inspecting /boot/System.map-2.2.18
Dec 11 05:13:44 socrates kernel: Loaded 9084 symbols from 
/boot/System.map-2.2.18.
Dec 11 05:13:44 socrates kernel: Symbols match kernel version 2.2.18.
Dec 11 05:13:44 socrates kernel: No module symbols loaded.

looks like it finds it ok.  i get no complaints from any other
software.

-- 
Ethan Benson
http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/

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