Re: mach.sym format description

Subject: Re: mach.sym format description
From: "Justin C. Walker" <email@hidden>
Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2002 21:28:33 -0700

On Monday, June 10, 2002, at 05:50 PM, Luke Nihlen wrote:

Hi,

I'm looking at the mach.sym file and I'm curious about it. How exactly is it
used within the kernel, and where could I find some information about it's
structure? Does anyone know? I can't find anything on the ADC website.

It's not used at all within the kernel. It's the "symbol" part of the kernel that got booted. This simplifies life for users of programs that need to look at kernel data structures. You don't need to know the booted kernel to run those programs. In essence, it's a bunch of stabs: do a 'nm' on it.

Regards,

Justin

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