tastytea wrote: > On 2021-07-01 13:16+0200 Dr Rainer Woitok <rainer.woi...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Dale, >> >> On Thursday, 2021-07-01 01:59:57 -0500, you wrote: >> >>> ... >>> Should I version the >>> system.map file the same as kernels? >> Not sure about that. Mine ARE versioned. That's probably what >> "grub- mkconfig" is doing by default. > I compile kernels with `genkernel`, and it produces versioned files: > System.map-5.4.97-gentoo-x86_64 > System.map-5.10.27-gentoo-x86_64 > initramfs-5.4.97-gentoo-x86_64.img > initramfs-5.10.27-gentoo-x86_64.img > vmlinuz-5.4.97-gentoo-x86_64 > vmlinuz-5.10.27-gentoo-x86_64 > > Kind regards, tastytea >
This info is helpful. I tend to do mine by hand, I may only upgrade my kernel once, maybe twice, a year. I don't reboot very often so there is no point in upgrading every time a new one comes out. After reading this, I've copied over the proper system.map files and versioned them to match the kernel names. I'll run grub-mkconfig just in case shortly. I've always had *A* file there but never copied newer versions over before. Honestly, I didn't know if it was needed or not. It has a lot of info in it tho so I figured it wise to ask. Thanks to all for the info. Now I have a better understanding of what I need to do and how. Dale :-) :-) P. S. Back to the woods. Putting out fertilizer for the trees. Supposed to rain in the next day or so.
