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Re: vmlinux
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Vladimir Mosgalin <[log in to unmask]>
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Vladimir Mosgalin <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 4 Jun 2015 19:40:45 +0300
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Hi Nico Kadel-Garcia!

 On 2015.06.04 at 08:41:43 -0400, Nico Kadel-Garcia wrote next:

> > Hi,
> > Where can I obtain vmlinux (not vmlinuz) image for my sl-6.3?
> >
> > Regards,
> > Mahmood
> 
> The "/boot/vmlinuz-*" filea are compressed versions of vmlinux with a
> self extracting pre-amble. See
> http://superuser.com/questions/298826/how-do-i-uncompress-vmlinuz-to-vmlinux.
> 
> Note that vmlinuz has had its symbols stripped, so if your friend
> wants a real vmlinux, he should probably build it from source with the
> relevant SRPM.

Actually, no need - there is kernel-debug package which provides kernel
(and all its modules) compiled with debug information intact.

-- 

Vladimir

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