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Linux make install kernel

From: Wayne Pollock <pollock@acm.org>
Subject: Re: missing System.map
Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2001 03:42:02 -0400
References: <6q3y7.128712$y7.1653543@dbsch1.home.nl> 

The newer kernels (I think from 2.4.0 on) include a very useful
"make install" target you can use.  This renames old links,
copies all needed files to /boot, and even reruns lilo for you.

System.map is used to translate RAM addresses of kernel functions
to human-readable names, in some error messages.  Your system
will run without it, but if you have problems and klogd (or
sometimes syslogd) outputs a kernel error message, good luck
fixing it!

Without "make install", System.map should either be generated and
stored in the same directory as "bxlinuz" or in the top-level
directory ("/usr/src/linux").

-Wayne

PS The rumor is that RH 7.2 will use grub not lilo, I wonder
what will happen with "make install"?

Frank de Bot wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> when I've completele configured and build the 2.4.12 kernel I miss the
> System.map file. (make xconfig;make dep;make bzImage;make modules;make
> modules_install  is how I usually build a kernel (not yet install)). All
> other kernels I've compiled had the System.map file. Is there something I
> do or is this just a little bug in the kernel files?
> 
> Thanks in advanced,
> 
> Frank de Bot!
 

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