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Date:      Thu, 2 Dec 1999 14:07:32 -0500 (EST)
From:      Mikhail Teterin <mi@aldan.algebra.com>
To:        David Gilbert <dgilbert@velocet.ca>
Cc:        freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: kernel not patching?
Message-ID:  <199912021907.OAA82987@misha.cisco.com>
In-Reply-To: <14406.49542.335305.256245@trooper.velocet.net> from David Gilbert at "Dec 2, 1999 01:59:18 pm"

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David Gilbert once wrote:

> char *dgilbert_bre5_top = "dgilbert_bre5_top";
> 
> as a global variable  in vinumraid5.c --- I'm doing this  as part of a
> strategy to track down a memory (stack) corruption bug.
>
> Anyways... when I recompile the kernel, it compiles this one module...
> and this  global variable is referenced.  When I then search  for this
> string (by  lessing the  kernel and searching  for dgilbert),  I can't
> find it in the kernel's image. What's up?

Well, if you use vinum module, the  string will not be in kernel, but in
/modules/vinum.ko :)

	-mi


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