On 12/5/05, Sabyasachi Pradhan <spradhan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > To compile the kernel properly I had to make a change to the Makefile > in linux/fs/ to add a new entry super.o to extern-obj's. I was checking > the exported symbols in my kernel use /proc/ksyms and just wanted to know > what the string appearing before the symbol signify, is it the address in > memory ? Can I use the exported synbol directly in my program or do I have > to make any more changes ? Thanks. > I don't think (and also I never need to) for exporting symbol changes in Makefile is required. Are you getting some error or the symbol is not exported after rebooting to the recompiled kernel ? The hex string before symbol in ksyms is actually the memory address (virtual) of where it is located and the string after symbol name like _Rxxxxx is the version related to that symbol for the running compiled kernel (and I saw this _Rxxxxx different on different machines having the same kernel with same configuration options) (CMIIW) If your symbol exists/exported in ksyms (with any other string appended to it) then you can access it directly in you module, might need to redefine is with extern for removing compilation warning ! -- Fawad Lateef -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
