Subject: Re: @booted_kernel magic symlink?
To: Simon Burge <simonb@wasabisystems.com>
From: Garrett D'Amore <garrett_damore@tadpole.com>
List: tech-kern
Date: 04/26/2006 23:20:14
Simon Burge wrote:
> "Garrett D'Amore" wrote:
>
>
>> Btw, some programs in /bin/ and /sbin/ were probably missed. ps for
>> example. But some of these programs use the nlist from the running
>> system instead of relying on /netbsd, and hence, don't even need this
>> silly @booted_kernel garbage.
>>
>
> Please check before suggesting programs like ps. ps uses sysctls only
> when run on a live system.
>
Hmm... I was reading the code and it certainly looked like it at least
did a kvm_openfiles() (using ksyms) unconditionally. But maybe I've
misread the code.
>
>> These ones *don't* work:
>>
>> vmstat
>> netstat
>> pmap
>> fstat
>> systat
>> pstat
>> ifmcstat
>>
>
> Do you have a working /dev/ksyms? At least vmstat and netstat I use
> regularly on embedded boards with no /netbsd.
>
> At this stage I still believe that savecore is the only program that
> cares where the kernel is, as long as you have working ksyms.
>
I'm not sure. I probably don't have working ksyms. Easy enough to fix
though. :-)
-- Garrett
> Simon.
> --
> Simon Burge <simonb@wasabisystems.com>
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>
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