On Sat, 19 Oct 1996 kenn@eden.rutgers.edu wrote:

> >It does fail if you've loaded the kernel off an alternate location
> >(MacOS, bootp/tftp/bootparam server, tape, etc).
> 
> In that case, the programs in question can know that there isn't any file
> for the running kernel so that they can also know that they can't be
> bothered to dig up a bogus symbol table out of a wrong kernel file, can't
> they?  I mean, if that system call returns a value to indicate a failure
> (such as NULL).
> [snip]

This is something that ought to be discussed on tech-kern, as it is a
general issue, not specific to the mac68k port.

--scott