Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 14 Jan 1999 19:55:03 +0100 (CET) | From | MOLNAR Ingo <> | Subject | Re: Building .config into the kernel |
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On Thu, 14 Jan 1999, Alan Cox wrote:
> > kernel image you booted, etc. For instance, you're debugging a machine > > with an uptime of 120 days, and the admin you're helping doesn't know > > which kernel he booted.. It's also not available at boot time, which is > > If the admin doesnt know which kernel he booted, he hasn't got symbol tables > or .config data. In those cases I wouldnt even bother debugging it much
he has symbols, in /proc/ksyms. That together with /proc/config.gz enables us to extrapolate the oops.
-- mingo
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