[patch 1/4] delete unused file arch_ppc_kernel_find_name.c
Paul Mackerras
paulus at samba.org
Mon Mar 7 20:13:09 EST 2005
Joerg Dorchain writes:
> To me it looks more like a devloper aid than a kernel file. Ok, it
> functionality could be replaced by a grep -C, but really delete it?
Last time I looked, grep didn't have the ability to find a string that
isn't in the file. The address you are searching for might be between
two addresses listed in System.map, in which case find_name.c will
print the symbol corresponding to the lower of the two addresses. Not
that I use find_name.c myself. I agree that arch/ppc/kernel is a bad
place for it too.
Paul.
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