Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (2886 mails)

[mario libraro <m.libraro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> Le Jeudi 31 Janvier 2002 19:13, vous avez écrit :
> hello
> When you compiled the new kernel a new system.map is genered in
> /usr/src/linux rename this file to System.map-2.4.x and copy this file on
> /boot .
> x value depend of your new kernel you can verify in /lib/modules if there is
> a new directory eg: 2.4.17 for your modules and then x=17
> in fact when lilo load kernel 2.4.17 System.map-2.4.17 is used and modules of
> the kernel is take in /lib/modules/2.4.17 .  The only think that you have to
> remenber is to point the link /usr/src/linux to the kernel you used if you
> compile other program we want to used header.
> 
> my english is not so goot

.. better than mine ;)

Ok thanks to all. So the kernel looks for System.map-<version> in /boot.
This was the only "obscure" concept, now it's clear.


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