Re: mach.sym format description
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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