Re: [Crash-utility] Re: Crash-utility Digest, Vol 35, Issue 6

Bernhard Walle wrote: > * Dave Anderson [2008-08-13 09:02]: >> I'm not familiar with how SUSE handles kernel modules and their debuginfo data. > > Also like you describe here: > >> But, for example, RHEL kernels require that an associated kernel-debuginfo package >> be installed, which supplies both the vmlinux file as well as the "partner" .ko.debug >> files for each kernel module. > > The only difference is that SUSE also has split kernel debuginfo data > while RedHat ships a whole vmlinux(.gz) in /usr/lib/debug/boot, IIRC. Yep, that's right, for RHEL4, RHEL5 (and going forward) a debug-full vmlinux file is shipped in the kernel debuginfo package, although RHEL3 did use the split-format for kernels.