Date: Thu, 02 Dec 1999 14:06:01 -0800 From: Mike Smith <msmith@freebsd.org> To: David Gilbert <dgilbert@velocet.ca> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: kernel not patching? Message-ID: <199912022206.OAA00583@mass.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 02 Dec 1999 13:59:18 EST." <14406.49542.335305.256245@trooper.velocet.net>
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> OK... in my ongoing strange saga, I added > > char *dgilbert_bre5_top = "dgilbert_bre5_top"; > > as a global variable in vinumraid5.c --- I'm doing this as part of a > strategy to track down a memory (stack) corruption bug. > > Anyways... when I recompile the kernel, it compiles this one > module... and this global variable is referenced. When I then search > for this string (by lessing the kernel and searching for dgilbert), I > can't find it in the kernel's image. What's up? Module != kernel -- \\ Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. \\ Mike Smith \\ Tell him he should learn how to fish himself, \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ and he'll hate you for a lifetime. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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