Subject: Re: kernel symbol tables (was Re: vmstat, iostat etc no longer work?)
To: Mike Long <mike.long@analog.com>
From: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>
List: current-users
Date: 11/12/1996 18:53:57
On Tue, 12 Nov 96 14:36:27 EST 
 Mike Long <mike.long@analog.com> wrote:

 > 1) Use kernel symbol table in memory.
 >    PROS: guaranteed to be correct, can include LKM symbols
 >    CONS: kernel bloat, bad for low-memory machines (sun3)

I tend to favor (1), as long as the symbols are pageable.

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