Date: Tue, 07 Aug 2001 00:45:34 -0600 From: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> To: Tabor Kelly <pdxmax@dsl-only.net> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Kernel Symbol Question Message-ID: <3B6F8E8E.DFBE1E0C@softweyr.com> References: <33375409.20010806174330@dsl-only.net>
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Tabor Kelly wrote:
>
> Which source file(s) are the kernel symbols defined in? By symbols I
> mean the symbols that the nlist() man page refers to.
Let's see...
The nlist() function retrieves name list entries from the symbol table of
an executable file (see a.out(5)).
In the case of the kernel, that would be the kernel you booted, typically
/kernel.
> Besides the source files, is there any other place that the symbols
> (their names and meaning) are documented?
The section 9 man pages. Actually, you're lucky if they're documented in
the source...
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