vmlinux file for intrepid kernel ?

[Tim Gardner]

Alok Kataria wrote:
> On Thu, 2009-02-05 at 04:22 -0800, Tim Gardner wrote:
>> Alok Kataria wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I was trying to look through my newly installed ubuntu 8.10 system for a
>>> vmlinux file. When i couldn't find one i looked for a corresponding
>>> debug package and didn't find that either. 
>>>
>>> The kernel that i am running is the default 8.10 kernel 
>>> 2.6.27-7-server, this is a 32bit install.
>>>
>>> The only other place where i could find debug packages were in
>>> http://ddebs.ubuntu.com/pool/main/l/linux/
>>> but that doesn't list a package for my kernel.
>>>
>>> Please let me know if there is a way to get precompiled vmlinux or do I
>>> compile one from sources. 
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Alok
>>>
>>> p.s. : Incase, I should be asking on some other list, do let me know.
>>>
>>>
> Hi Tim,
> 
>> Are you looking for  /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27-7-generic ?
>>
> 
> No, I am looking for the corresponding vmlinux file, i need to get the
> objdump of the kernel symbols for some debugging. 
> 
> Though i was able to reproduce the issue on mainline later and debug it,
> i would still like to know where can i find the "statically linked, not
> stripped" kernel executable a.k.a vmlinux for ubuntu 8.10.
> 
> Thanks,
> Alok
> 

We don't package the unstripped kernel because it is so large. You'd
have to build it yourself and pull it from the build flavour directory.

rtg

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Tim Gardner tim.gardner at canonical.com