Messages in this thread | | | From | Richard Henderson <> | Subject | Re: What is System.map for? | Date | Wed, 15 Jan 1997 12:29:28 -0600 (CST) |
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> The System.map is your kernel's symbol table, and it's needed to load > modules that use symbols that are internal to the kernel (e.g. most > modules, if not all).
No. The symbols seen by modules are those explicitly exported from the kernel via the get_kernel_syms or query_module system calls.
Yes, there is or has been a hacked version of insmod floating about that would use System.map used by, I think, the old dosemu module, but that is Not Right wrt other things such as the GPL and very nearly invoked the righteous wrath of our fearless leader.
r~
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