Subject: Re: /dev/kmem question?
To: Paul Kranenburg <pk@cs.few.eur.nl>
From: Mike Frisch <mfrisch@saturn.tlug.org>
List: port-sparc
Date: 12/09/1995 12:50:33
On Sat, 9 Dec 1995, Paul Kranenburg wrote:
> > Dec 8 14:34:35 neptune nntpd[6059]: nlist of /vmunix failed: Undefined
> > error: 0D
>
>
> Most likely, it's looking for a symbol (`avenrun') that does not exist
> in the NetBSD kernel. Just replace the entire `/dev/kmem' fiddling with
> a call to getloadavg() from the C library.
Ahh! Stupid me... I was really curious as to why nntpd wanted
access to the kernel, but after you explaining, it's obvious :-) I'll
have a look at the source and get that fixed up.
Thanks very much!
Mike.
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