From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4B4C013933E for ; Sat, 3 Jul 2021 09:12:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id DD66DE0809; Sat, 3 Jul 2021 09:11:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: from gw1.antarean.org (gw1.antarean.org [194.145.200.214]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3B1BCE07B3 for ; Sat, 3 Jul 2021 09:11:51 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gw1.antarean.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4GH5lx31xjz1082 for ; Sat, 3 Jul 2021 11:11:09 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at antarean.org Received: from gw1.antarean.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (gw1.antarean.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id qh2qbzLv7cw2 for ; Sat, 3 Jul 2021 11:11:09 +0200 (CEST) Received: from mailstore1.adm.antarean.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gw1.antarean.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4GH5lx0kGSzyXl for ; Sat, 3 Jul 2021 11:11:09 +0200 (CEST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mailstore1.adm.antarean.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4GH5mj71Vqz15 for ; Sat, 3 Jul 2021 11:11:49 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at antarean.org Received: from mailstore1.adm.antarean.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (mailstore1.adm.antarean.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 0ptpwpzAK0wf for ; Sat, 3 Jul 2021 11:11:49 +0200 (CEST) Received: from iris.localnet (iris.adm.antarean.org [10.55.16.47]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by mailstore1.adm.antarean.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 4GH5mj5Jddz13 for ; Sat, 3 Jul 2021 11:11:49 +0200 (CEST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=antarean.org; s=default; t=1625303509; bh=aII6nz6MFSTCjBK/O6Ny+M/HbO82ecM6amQlnVWtdEc=; h=From:To:Subject:Date:In-Reply-To:References; b=YcCUc8QcI79H8TfL5C3urcMnJMGmnWoybe0ZzTdmSaEMz83yCw3bKhCCq+YhKB9j6 7bswsghLskK4zhMYKxEuUAj4NW9oaGK3aMWEDVfLYnARg2daBKkl5lOLHiBDVnF7HK 04cqfN/UnB48kHNjIBF4gNFipGgmAl88U2HGSB1I= From: "J. Roeleveld" To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] system.map file in /boot. How to manage? Date: Sat, 03 Jul 2021 11:11:49 +0200 Message-ID: <2588503.mvXUDI8C0e@iris> In-Reply-To: <616f2bec-eb3c-fe9a-4da6-5260eb6a0b39@gmail.com> References: <337d6a33-4e6a-ea1a-b26f-8a675313423e@gmail.com> <616f2bec-eb3c-fe9a-4da6-5260eb6a0b39@gmail.com> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org X-Auto-Response-Suppress: DR, RN, NRN, OOF, AutoReply MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" X-Archives-Salt: 7f291bda-62c3-48a7-b401-55b3d7e9573e X-Archives-Hash: 17307bb27d73b2eef9aaab0db27e22e3 On Saturday, July 3, 2021 1:54:13 AM CEST Dale wrote: > Daniel Frey wrote: > > On 6/30/21 11:59 PM, Dale wrote: > >> Howdy, > >> > >> The subject line pretty much describes this. How does one manage the > >> system.map file in /boot? Is it needed? Should it be updated with each > >> kernel? I tend to keep 2 to 3 kernels installed. I tend to keep 2 that > >> I know are stable and one testing. After a while, I may remove the > >> oldest one and only have two, just in case. Should I version the > >> system.map file the same as kernels? Does just one with no version get > >> the job done? Update the file with each kernel upgrade or install one > >> and done? > >> > >> While at it, what does it even do? If it needs it, it doesn't matter > >> but just curious. > >> > >> Thanks for any tips on this. > >> > >> Dale > >> > >> :-) :-) > > > > I never copy it over unless I have some kernel panic (so not for well > > over a decade.) So there's nothing for me to manage (I only copy the > > kernel and kernel config to /boot.) > > > > Dan > > So if it isn't there or something, it isn't going to break anything. > That's good to know too. I only copy the kernel image (and initrd if required) I haven't done anything with the System.map or config (apart from keeping it updated for compiling the kernel) in over a decade. My boot-partition isn't even mounted unless I update the kernel, so a file there wouldn't even be visible to the system. -- Joost