Package: klogd Version: 1.4.1-20 Severity: minor Hi there.
I wrote a webpage on the System.map file: http://www.dirac.org/linux/system.map and would like to report documentation error. The man page claims that klogd looks for the System.map file in /usr/src/linux: If a symbol file is not explicitly specified the following filenames will be tried: /boot/System.map /System.map /usr/src/linux/System.map Version information is supplied in the system maps as of kernel 1.3.43. The same claim is made in code comments in ksym.c: line 55: * Added support for searching of the list of symbol maps. This * allows support for access to multiple symbol maps. The theory * behind this is that a production kernel may have a system map in * /boot/System.map. If a test kernel is booted this system map * would be skipped in favor of one found in /usr/src/linux. line 299: * this strategy allows klogd to locate valid symbol files * for both a production and an experimental kernel. for * example a map for a production kernel could be installed * in /boot. if an experimental kernel is loaded the map * in /boot will be skipped and the map in /usr/src/linux would * be used if its version number matches the executing kernel. However, according to the source code, I don't think this is correct. I've documented where I believe the correct search path is here: http://www.dirac.org/linux/system.map/ Thanks, Peter -- System Information: Debian Release: lenny/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.19 (SMP w/2 CPU cores; PREEMPT) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages klogd depends on: ii libc6 2.3.6.ds1-13 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii sysklogd [system-log-daemon 1.4.1-20 System Logging Daemon klogd recommends no packages. -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
