Re: [RFC] misleading error message

[Ken Moffat]

On Thu, 2 Dec 2004, David Ford wrote:

> Random side thoughts..
>
> a) is there a simple way to search for symbols in a running kernel's
> memory area that
> b) can differentiate between module and static, and if so
> c) is there an interest in a tiny tool that scripts  could use to
> determine existing support?
>

 Take a look in /proc/kallsyms when you have a module loaded.  The
addresses are nowhere near the rest of the kernel, and the module names
appear in square brackets at the end of the lines, so something like

grep '\[natsemi\]' /proc/kallsyms

will find out if the natsemi driver is loaded.

Ken
-- 
 das eine Mal als Tragödie, das andere Mal als Farce

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