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 D046A13933E for ; Thu, 1 Jul 2021 07:23:13 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 0E2ACE0833; Thu, 1 Jul 2021 07:23:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: from icp-osb-irony-out5.external.iinet.net.au (icp-osb-irony-out5.external.iinet.net.au [203.59.1.221]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BC51BE07FE for ; Thu, 1 Jul 2021 07:23:05 +0000 (UTC) X-SMTP-MATCH: 0 IronPort-HdrOrdr: =?us-ascii?q?A9a23=3AxjeUAKv6azjmZ5yDrYJZ1bEx7skDS9V00z?= =?us-ascii?q?EX/kB9WHVpm6uj5rmTdZUgpHjJYVMqM03I9urvBEDtewK4yXcK2+ks1MaZLW?= =?us-ascii?q?/bUQKTRekM0WLM+Vzd8kbFh4pgPMlbAspD4MCaNzRHZY6T2mOF+5xJ+rS6GO?= =?us-ascii?q?7Cv5a880tQ?= X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: =?us-ascii?q?A2D1CQDFbN1g/+hY69xaH2oJhHJWAQE?= =?us-ascii?q?BhTGJBIcgAQEBAQEBBoETLQM4AYQChiWSbgsBAQEBAQEBAQEJOQgEAQGEUgK?= =?us-ascii?q?CcyY4EwIEFQEBAQUBAQEBAQYDAYEEhWgNhkYBBSMPASMzCxgCAiYCAlcTCAE?= =?us-ascii?q?Bgm0BgmElEKh7gTKBAYNMARYYbIVqBoEQKo1qQ32BEIE8D4JuPoEYg3mCSoJ?= =?us-ascii?q?CIgSDE4EVLGAwTx5LkgCNaJx3gyqKIpNpBg8FJoNgkTkIkHWGfJEJig+TRoU?= =?us-ascii?q?lgjY5gWoMB00fGYMlTxkOkg+KazQBAQFnAgYBCQEBAwmLRQEB?= X-IPAS-Result: =?us-ascii?q?A2D1CQDFbN1g/+hY69xaH2oJhHJWAQEBhTGJBIcgAQEBA?= =?us-ascii?q?QEBBoETLQM4AYQChiWSbgsBAQEBAQEBAQEJOQgEAQGEUgKCcyY4EwIEFQEBA?= =?us-ascii?q?QUBAQEBAQYDAYEEhWgNhkYBBSMPASMzCxgCAiYCAlcTCAEBgm0BgmElEKh7g?= =?us-ascii?q?TKBAYNMARYYbIVqBoEQKo1qQ32BEIE8D4JuPoEYg3mCSoJCIgSDE4EVLGAwT?= =?us-ascii?q?x5LkgCNaJx3gyqKIpNpBg8FJoNgkTkIkHWGfJEJig+TRoUlgjY5gWoMB00fG?= =?us-ascii?q?YMlTxkOkg+KazQBAQFnAgYBCQEBAwmLRQEB?= X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.83,313,1616428800"; d="scan'208";a="385728145" Received: from 220-235-88-232.dyn.iinet.net.au (HELO mail.infra.localdomain) ([220.235.88.232]) by icp-osb-irony-out5.iinet.net.au with ESMTP; 01 Jul 2021 15:22:40 +0800 Received: from localhost (mail.infra.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by mail.infra.localdomain (Postfix) with ESMTP id 981BCA542 for ; Thu, 1 Jul 2021 15:22:40 +0800 (AWST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at localdomain Received: from mail.infra.localdomain ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (mail.infra.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id xt5MRNqNPhdr for ; Thu, 1 Jul 2021 15:22:28 +0800 (AWST) Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] system.map file in /boot. How to manage? To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org References: From: William Kenworthy Message-ID: Date: Thu, 1 Jul 2021 15:22:27 +0800 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 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Language: en-AU X-Archives-Salt: d5028eef-d315-4234-aec3-310aac16de9b X-Archives-Hash: 0a083cc7c4b149c7c01f1f45f52c9008 There is a lot online - basically its optional and needed just in case (!) and should be versioned like its matching kernel and initrd. BillK one of many refs: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/28936630/what-is-the-need-of-having-both-system-map-file-and-proc-kallsyms On 1/7/21 2:59 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 > > :-)  :-)  >