On Fri, Apr 19, 2002 at 11:58:43PM +0100, Richard Earnshaw wrote:

 > Sorry, no symbols.  The cats is using the constructed a.out kernel.  Do 
 > you know of any way to make the kernel think it has booted from one file 
 > when it has really booted from another?

Yah.  Take a look at the IQ80321 config file ... look for SYMTAB_SPACE.
That allocates some space in .data for the symbol table.

Than you can use ${DBSYM} to fill that space after the ELF kernel has
linked, before it is copied to a.out.

Come to think of it, I do this on the Shark, too.

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        -- Jason R. Thorpe <thorpej@wasabisystems.com>