Subject: Re: @booted_kernel magic symlink?
To: None <tech-kern@NetBSD.org>
From: der Mouse <mouse@Rodents.Montreal.QC.CA>
List: tech-kern
Date: 04/28/2006 17:39:52
>> It's a pity that binutils nm doesn't want to work on /dev/ksyms.
> I found that you can do "cat /dev/ksyms >ksyms; nm ksyms" and that
> will work.

To me, this indicates a bug in the implementation of /dev/ksyms.  (I've
already run into similar bugs elsewhere, such as /kern/msgbuf.)

If it claims to be a file, it should act like a file.  In particular, a
*real* file with identical contents should act exactly the same way.

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