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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
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\\ Tell him he should learn how to fish himself,  \\  msmith@freebsd.org
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