Re: [gentoo-amd64] kernel recompile?

[Daniel Iliev <danny@ilievnet.com>]

sean wrote:
> Daniel Iliev wrote:
>> sean wrote:
>>> Here is where things stand.
>>>
>>> On boot, dmesg showed the modules did not load.
>>
>> Did you replace the old "System.map" file with the new one?
>> "cp /usr/src/linux/System.map /boot/System.map"
>> or
>> "/usr/src/linux/System.map /System.map"
>>
>
> Well your recommendations did the trick, the boot message failures of
> the modules is gone.
>
> I do not recall in the Gentoo instructions on the System.map copy you
> mentioned above.
>
>             Thanks
>             Sean

Actually if you use "make install" it would take care for the System.map
file and put it in "/boot".
There is a private case when /boot is a mount point for a different
partition and it happens that the kernel seeks /boot/System.map before
the partition is mounted. If it can't find that file it seeks for
/System.map (in the root partition). If not there it seeks for
/usr/src/linux/System.map. If the kernel finds a wrong version of
System.map or can't find it at all it is expected to be a minor problem
and the system should work properly.


-- 
Best regards,
Daniel


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