Re: What is System.map for?

Richard Henderson (richard@atheist.tamu.edu)
Wed, 15 Jan 1997 12:29:28 -0600 (CST)


> The System.map is your kernel's symbol table, and it's needed to load
> modules that use symbols that are internal to the kernel (e.g. most
> modules, if not all).

No. The symbols seen by modules are those explicitly exported from
the kernel via the get_kernel_syms or query_module system calls.

Yes, there is or has been a hacked version of insmod floating about
that would use System.map used by, I think, the old dosemu module,
but that is Not Right wrt other things such as the GPL and very
nearly invoked the righteous wrath of our fearless leader.

r~