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@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ CONFIGURING the kernel:
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new version with minimal work, use "make oldconfig", which will
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only ask you for the answers to new questions.
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- - Alternate configuration commands are:
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+ - Alternative configuration commands are:
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"make config" Plain text interface.
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"make menuconfig" Text based color menus, radiolists & dialogs.
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"make nconfig" Enhanced text based color menus.
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@@ -328,7 +328,7 @@ IF SOMETHING GOES WRONG:
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sense of the dump (but compiling with CONFIG_KALLSYMS is usually preferred).
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This utility can be downloaded from
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ftp://ftp.<country>.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kernel/ksymoops/ .
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- Alternately, you can do the dump lookup by hand:
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+ Alternatively, you can do the dump lookup by hand:
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- In debugging dumps like the above, it helps enormously if you can
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look up what the EIP value means. The hex value as such doesn't help
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@@ -361,7 +361,7 @@ IF SOMETHING GOES WRONG:
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kernel image or similar), telling me as much about your setup as
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possible will help. Please read the REPORTING-BUGS document for details.
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- - Alternately, you can use gdb on a running kernel. (read-only; i.e. you
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+ - Alternatively, you can use gdb on a running kernel. (read-only; i.e. you
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cannot change values or set break points.) To do this, first compile the
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kernel with -g; edit arch/i386/Makefile appropriately, then do a "make
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clean". You'll also need to enable CONFIG_PROC_FS (via "make config").
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