missing System.map

[Frank de Bot]

Hi,

when I've completele configured and build the 2.4.12 kernel I miss the
System.map file. (make xconfig;make dep;make bzImage;make modules;make
modules_install is how I usually build a kernel (not yet install)). All
other kernels I've compiled had the System.map file. Is there something I
do or is this just a little bug in the kernel files?

Thanks in advanced,

Frank de Bot!

[j...@foxinternet.net]

Not sure, but I have never had any trouble without it.

[Michael Heiming]

j...@foxinternet.net (j...@foxinternet.net) wrote at Sunday 14 October
2001 08:33:

Where do you expect the new System.map to be, after make bzImage?
However, it's not really needed and if you don't know what it's about
you won't miss it. 'man klogd' for more info.

Michael Heiming

[Michael Lee Yohe]

> when I've completele configured and build the 2.4.12 kernel I miss the
> System.map file. (make xconfig;make dep;make bzImage;make modules;make

Have you tried "find . -name System.map" from the /usr/src/linux
directory (or the base directory of your kernel source)?

--

Michael Lee Yohe (myohe+...@redhat.com)
Software Developer, Engineering Services
Red Hat, Inc.

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[Wayne Pollock]

The newer kernels (I think from 2.4.0 on) include a very useful
"make install" target you can use. This renames old links,
copies all needed files to /boot, and even reruns lilo for you.

System.map is used to translate RAM addresses of kernel functions
to human-readable names, in some error messages. Your system
will run without it, but if you have problems and klogd (or
sometimes syslogd) outputs a kernel error message, good luck
fixing it!

Without "make install", System.map should either be generated and
stored in the same directory as "bxlinuz" or in the top-level
directory ("/usr/src/linux").

-Wayne

PS The rumor is that RH 7.2 will use grub not lilo, I wonder
what will happen with "make install"?