Date: Fri, 9 Jun 2000 10:14:14 +0930 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Bruce Evans <bde@FreeBSD.org> Cc: cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Booting debug kernels (was: cvs commit: src/sys/i386/i386 locore.s) Message-ID: <20000609101414.O79769@wantadilla.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <200006081753.KAA94610@freefall.freebsd.org> References: <200006081753.KAA94610@freefall.freebsd.org>
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On Thursday, 8 June 2000 at 10:53:44 -0700, Bruce Evans wrote: > bde 2000/06/08 10:53:43 PDT > > Modified files: > sys/i386/i386 locore.s > Log: > Always include the full symbol table (as specified by its start and > end values in bootinfo) in kernel space if it is loaded (i.e., if its > specified end address is nonzero), not just if it is loaded and DDB > is configured. This may be used to fix kldsym(2) for booting without > /dev/loader; currently, in this case, it just fixes unused pointers > and wastes space consistently. For booting in the normal way with > /boot/loader, the table is included and pointed to in a different way > and kldsym(2) works. I think this is worth a HEADS UP, or at least a mention in UPDATING. Is there any way to boot such a kernel and discard the symbols? Greg -- Finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key See complete headers for address and phone numbers To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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