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Subject: Re: Extraversion in System.map?
From: Robert Love <rml@tech9.net>
To: Tom Holroyd <tomh@po.crl.go.jp>
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On Mon, 2002-04-08 at 02:07, Tom Holroyd wrote:

> As part of my penance for using the wrong System.map file in the
> readprofile data I sent out, I have prepared a patch to readprofile
> that makes it check the version of the file against the kernel.
> 
> Much to my dismay, the extraversion code ('-pre6' for example) does
> not appear to be anywhere in System.map.  Or am I wrong?  If not, why
> not, and can this be fixed?  After all, symbols can and do change
> between -pre versions.

Eh, no kernel version is associated with System.map.  It has no embedded
information, what-so-ever, aside from the symbols.

Do what everyone else does and name your System.map appropriately, i.e.
System.map-2.5.8-pre2 and then on boot symlink System.map to
System.map-`uname -r`.  Most (all?) distributions do this for you
already.

You can also pass readprofile the -m flag to specify the map file to
use.  A little script that does "readprofile -m System.map-`uname -r`"
would work fine.

	Robert Love

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