Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sat, 23 Nov 2002 11:16:42 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sat, 23 Nov 2002 11:16:41 -0500 Received: from probity.mcc.ac.uk ([130.88.200.94]:16133 "EHLO probity.mcc.ac.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Sat, 23 Nov 2002 11:16:41 -0500 Date: Sat, 23 Nov 2002 16:23:46 +0000 From: John Levon To: Keith Owens Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: New module loader makes kernel debugging much harder Message-ID: <20021123162346.GB30167@compsoc.man.ac.uk> References: <20021123023513.GC83190@compsoc.man.ac.uk> <13864.1038019400@ocs3.intra.ocs.com.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <13864.1038019400@ocs3.intra.ocs.com.au> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.25i X-Url: http://www.movementarian.org/ X-Record: Mr. Scruff - Trouser Jazz X-Scanner: exiscan *18Fd4M-000Afr-00*LOUmyQfW.jY* (Manchester Computing, University of Manchester) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 679 Lines: 20 On Sat, Nov 23, 2002 at 01:43:20PM +1100, Keith Owens wrote: > Only if you assume that the .text is at a known offset from the start > of the module. There are multiple programs that need to know where > each section really is, instead of making assumptions about how a > module is laid out. Yes, sorry, that is what I meant. regards john -- Khendon's Law: If the same point is made twice by the same person, the thread is over. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/