Messages in this thread | | | From | Grant Coady <> | Subject | Re: linux object file containing all kernel symbols and suitable for userspace linking? | Date | Sun, 28 Sep 2008 13:13:52 +1000 |
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On Sat, 27 Sep 2008 22:57:10 -0400, "Daniel Rosenthal" <danielrosenthal@acm.org> wrote:
>Is there an object file generated by the kernel build process just >before vmlinuz and arch/x86/boot/bzImage are created that contains all >the requisite kernel symbols to complete compilation? I understand >that such an object file wouldn't make a lot of sense to keep around, >because at the point at which such a file were able to be generated >the compilation process could just be completed instead. If it's not >available is there some easy way to generate it? I am trying to test >some kernel code I wrote, and I wanted to test it by running it in >userspace by linking it to a *.o file with a main() function (just to >test out various API facilities; i.e. unit tests). This is so I can >use the API provided by the kernel without having to rewrite it for >userspace. User-Mode Linux won't work for this because the code in >question relies on some architecture specific features and thread >flags of x86, but I guess the approach would probably similar to what >UML uses.
There's a vmlinux.o in top-level directory after a kernel compile, is that what you're after?
Grant.
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