[olug] apt-get question

[Phil Brutsche]

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A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far way, someone said...

> Question re System.map.  I found a post on the net stating that you need
> to take the System.map from the /usr/src/linux directory and put it in
> /boot just like you do with the kernel image.  But I see no note of a
> need to do this in the README in the /usr/src/linux directory, nor any
> mention of need to do this in the modules.txt file in the Documentation
> dir of the src dir.

System.map is a symbol dump of all the functions in the kernel.  It's
mostly needed when you're trying to debug a kernel crash.

You can get by just fine without it but you'll get complaints from ie top
and ps if it's not there.

> So does make bzImage, or make config, alter the System.map?

"make bzImage" generates it.

> Oh, and thanks for all the good suggestions, phil ktb et al.  I appreciate
> it.

No prob

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