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 840B613933E for ; Fri, 2 Jul 2021 23:07:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id AFFA3E0996; Fri, 2 Jul 2021 23:07:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-pl1-x62d.google.com (mail-pl1-x62d.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4864:20::62d]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 5E480E098F for ; Fri, 2 Jul 2021 23:07:12 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-pl1-x62d.google.com with SMTP id v13so6580863ple.9 for ; Fri, 02 Jul 2021 16:07:12 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=subject:to:references:from:message-id:date:user-agent:mime-version :in-reply-to:content-language:content-transfer-encoding; bh=E++XGOOguqZewVhm4TQqczpbVEtufVBgquhVwG9AJIY=; b=SuH6qLJIwIAdcsFPOWl1kF3C/1saWf9BpRdvMb3Ls0HtI8Bp2qrrr3mb4mmoeKYnz/ INOI9pI/NWTWD0Si02F2EwzcZQUJtPnrV68dBGX1DCI1LMYvx/xreJWpxTOucI9WbZxi DgNOpWSPVY6MQXzg8Upkmb8ESoOpaK1T+wy7DBZxj9EHyFVvNct/MzJnG0SNg2dIfP7i 3oZFyKpugnV04dXlez/n/sD5DhQbAQpA8CPViw2NI2i11CGyZ/vqyR9Y9xQNlIItxxLD xRvv0B7fJI4Sq3jGPVMZEUbN0LohtGTh2CxnLyXazd4NDMLagd2A2WY8poGy8XjzhMqI 27nA== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:subject:to:references:from:message-id:date :user-agent:mime-version:in-reply-to:content-language :content-transfer-encoding; bh=E++XGOOguqZewVhm4TQqczpbVEtufVBgquhVwG9AJIY=; b=GOVKnkWezBEaPftgpiKE5MENDG5354N35C9vmJErteM7emlkJOqKIz8w8QZbStRdZr haeHa7/CCIZ9uAAGuXZMZRdM7f1S43JRdj0YjoqMkKtWoctfbdY5R7GlVKiUYvRuY9ER gBr5bUgxp3130ykJmqDq14dTojwSPsLetvRYtwWIMQRx+2oSzkYSyXrBeXQZkiLhidpr ehPIet9yWvqe6PUrVcOl00paUsIqxJbpLFUMlIRwQydaVW9iTGx+TgqCzrMYKoq0DHYZ eWt4oc3wUF/PUbima84GPhyrJphGoJum/g61HfzAKGgJ9kl/kEoya774j1vWgIHCK4Qu jogw== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM5300t2mYFLqsNb10RnlWoPW1g0JpER7J+9ZAcqwDNV5KiKscqQdW 7GwxDzNK4BCzVoSjarIxyiHQKx/n6Pg= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJyaSmNmfDqm7KDhppk7zO0L49Ubs2Mg/psHgJiqY0zKRfi821dGbeFs0MXt6xuWoXbrOZNxDA== X-Received: by 2002:a17:902:8601:b029:11c:4b4:e967 with SMTP id f1-20020a1709028601b029011c04b4e967mr1663154plo.75.1625267231144; Fri, 02 Jul 2021 16:07:11 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.247.5] ([108.180.64.73]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id c2sm14093343pjc.40.2021.07.02.16.07.10 for (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 bits=128/128); Fri, 02 Jul 2021 16:07:10 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] system.map file in /boot. How to manage? To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org References: From: Daniel Frey Message-ID: <337d6a33-4e6a-ea1a-b26f-8a675313423e@gmail.com> Date: Fri, 2 Jul 2021 16:07:09 -0700 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:78.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/78.11.0 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 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Language: en-US Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Archives-Salt: 3088d288-b6e3-437a-8fdf-5a9e66443f69 X-Archives-Hash: 7babfb5535f4fc1a130526e1ac3b0ba9 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