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| @@ -139,9 +139,14 @@ You'll probably want to upgrade. | |||
| 139 | Ksymoops | 139 | Ksymoops |
| 140 | -------- | 140 | -------- |
| 141 | 141 | ||
| 142 | If the unthinkable happens and your kernel oopses, you'll need a 2.4 | 142 | If the unthinkable happens and your kernel oopses, you may need the |
| 143 | version of ksymoops to decode the report; see REPORTING-BUGS in the | 143 | ksymoops tool to decode it, but in most cases you don't. |
| 144 | root of the Linux source for more information. | 144 | In the 2.6 kernel it is generally preferred to build the kernel with |
| 145 | CONFIG_KALLSYMS so that it produces readable dumps that can be used as-is | ||
| 146 | (this also produces better output than ksymoops). | ||
| 147 | If for some reason your kernel is not build with CONFIG_KALLSYMS and | ||
| 148 | you have no way to rebuild and reproduce the Oops with that option, then | ||
| 149 | you can still decode that Oops with ksymoops. | ||
| 145 | 150 | ||
| 146 | Module-Init-Tools | 151 | Module-Init-Tools |
| 147 | ----------------- | 152 | ----------------- |