X-Git-Url: https://err.no/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=blobdiff_plain;f=Documentation%2FChanges;h=86b86399d61d7237aab919f87867bd984dddaa25;hb=e7e37ee9c547213d726b29c2510cbb6696050405;hp=783ddc3ce4e821a8b8c2a04881e494ab4f503c2c;hpb=c7fb577e2a6cb04732541f2dc402bd46747f7558;p=linux-2.6 diff --git a/Documentation/Changes b/Documentation/Changes index 783ddc3ce4..86b86399d6 100644 --- a/Documentation/Changes +++ b/Documentation/Changes @@ -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 -----------------