From 62a07e6e9e93eda88a6eeb5009fc46d44ca60281 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jesper Juhl Date: Mon, 7 Nov 2005 01:01:03 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] ksymoops related docs update Update ksymoops related documentation to reflect current 2.6 reality. Signed-off-by: Jesper Juhl Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds --- Documentation/Changes | 11 ++++++++--- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) (limited to 'Documentation/Changes') diff --git a/Documentation/Changes b/Documentation/Changes index 783ddc3ce4e..86b86399d61 100644 --- a/Documentation/Changes +++ b/Documentation/Changes @@ -139,9 +139,14 @@ You'll probably want to upgrade. Ksymoops -------- -If the unthinkable happens and your kernel oopses, you'll need a 2.4 -version of ksymoops to decode the report; see REPORTING-BUGS in the -root of the Linux source for more information. +If the unthinkable happens and your kernel oopses, you may need the +ksymoops tool to decode it, but in most cases you don't. +In the 2.6 kernel it is generally preferred to build the kernel with +CONFIG_KALLSYMS so that it produces readable dumps that can be used as-is +(this also produces better output than ksymoops). +If for some reason your kernel is not build with CONFIG_KALLSYMS and +you have no way to rebuild and reproduce the Oops with that option, then +you can still decode that Oops with ksymoops. Module-Init-Tools ----------------- -- cgit v1.2.3