On Thu, Dec 21, 2006 at 10:53:08PM -0500, J. Milgram wrote: > While on the topic: what exactly is System.map for anyway? The truth is > that for years I never even bothered copying it to /boot after > installing a new kernel.
It is the symbol table for the kernel. Entries are: <address> <symboltype> <name> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/linux-2.6.11/kernel> head /boot/System.map-2.6.10-1.741_FC3 00000400 A __kernel_vsyscall 00000410 A SYSENTER_RETURN_OFFSET 00000420 A __kernel_sigreturn It's used for all kinds of things, including loadable modules. - Rob .
