X-Git-Url: http://git.rot13.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=Documentation%2FChanges;h=86b86399d61d7237aab919f87867bd984dddaa25;hb=363bbf42da23898ab48dc227cca9d80b50b481eb;hp=27232be26e1a94eb3b258eeb3a28132326d6bd80;hpb=3168c31abe0c11fd3edcefa110d6f590fe8c909f;p=powerpc.git diff --git a/Documentation/Changes b/Documentation/Changes index 27232be26e..86b86399d6 100644 --- a/Documentation/Changes +++ b/Documentation/Changes @@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ o isdn4k-utils 3.1pre1 # isdnctrl 2>&1|grep version o nfs-utils 1.0.5 # showmount --version o procps 3.2.0 # ps --version o oprofile 0.9 # oprofiled --version -o udev 058 # udevinfo -V +o udev 071 # udevinfo -V Kernel compilation ================== @@ -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 -----------------