topic new kernel v2/v3 in Operating System - HP-UX

new kernel v2/v3

pvdw — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 10:17:51 GMT

When I set the status of a static module
to unused with kcweb, a new vmunix is generated. It's size differs from the previous
vmunix. Am I correct that this is a newly compiled binary, and if so, is there sourcecode
present on my system? Or how is it compiled?

Kind regards,
peter

Re: new kernel v2/v3

Duncan Edmonstone — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 11:03:38 GMT

Peter,

No there is no HP-UX source code on your system - only object files and a few headers... in reality the kernel is pretty much re-linked rather than re-compiled.

If you're interested in where all this stuff is, you will find most of it in /usr/conf

HTH

Duncna

Re: new kernel v2/v3

Dennis Handly — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 22:40:46 GMT

>Duncan: ... only object files

Actually these are modules and they contain multiple objects.

Re: new kernel v2/v3

pvdw — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 02:43:08 GMT

Thank you both!