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Allow for module-path being a semicolon-separated list of dirs. This is consistent with kern.module_path sysctl and also compensates for the unconventional syntax of asf(8) where the last of multiple arguments is the output file, which prevents us from using the traditional Unix syntax "foo file ..." to specify multiple module dirs. Submitted by: emaste MFC after: 1 week
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.Dd December 20, 2006
Oops, this is section 8, not 1.
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.Dt ASF 8
mdoc: order prologue macros consistently by Dd/Dt/Os Although groff_mdoc(7) gives another impression, this is the ordering most widely used and also required by mdocml/mandoc. Reviewed by: ru Approved by: philip, ed (mentors)
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
.Nm asf
.Nd add symbol files
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm
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.Op Fl afKksVx
.Op Fl M Ar core
.Op Fl N Ar system
.Op Fl o Ar outfile
.Op Fl X Ar suffix
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.Op Ar modules-path Op Ar outfile
.Sh DESCRIPTION
By default,
.Nm
reads
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output from standard input and writes to the
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.Pa .asf
Give a major overhaul to asf(8). The improvements are: - can get the kld info from core files via kvm(3); - can use kldstat(2) directly, which is a piece of cake; - can use .symbols or whatever, which allows for use by non-developers when reporting system crashes -- now asf(8) can be mentioned in the handbook at last; - speed (no more double fts(3) per loaded module); - various bugs fixed. At the same time, the new asf(8) should stay compatible with the old one, bar bugs. Perhaps some defaults may be changed later to match today's state of affairs. Reviewed by: grog MFC after: 1 month Sponsored by: RiNet (Cronyx Plus LLC)
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file a list of
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.Xr gdb 1
commands to add symbol files from KLDs in subdirectories of the subdirectory
.Pa modules
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of the current directory, which is intended to be a kernel build directory.
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This allows
.Xr gdb 1
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to load the symbols into the debugging environment.
.Pp
Allow for module-path being a semicolon-separated list of dirs. This is consistent with kern.module_path sysctl and also compensates for the unconventional syntax of asf(8) where the last of multiple arguments is the output file, which prevents us from using the traditional Unix syntax "foo file ..." to specify multiple module dirs. Submitted by: emaste MFC after: 1 week
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An optional
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.Ar modules-path
Allow for module-path being a semicolon-separated list of dirs. This is consistent with kern.module_path sysctl and also compensates for the unconventional syntax of asf(8) where the last of multiple arguments is the output file, which prevents us from using the traditional Unix syntax "foo file ..." to specify multiple module dirs. Submitted by: emaste MFC after: 1 week
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argument can specify a semicolon-separated list of directory pathnames
similar to the
.Va kern.module_path
sysctl.
Each directory in the list will be searched in turn for modules.
The default list consists of just one element,
.Pa modules ,
which is suitable if the current directory is a kernel build directory.
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.Pp
If
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.Ar outfile
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is specified,
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.Nm
Give a major overhaul to asf(8). The improvements are: - can get the kld info from core files via kvm(3); - can use kldstat(2) directly, which is a piece of cake; - can use .symbols or whatever, which allows for use by non-developers when reporting system crashes -- now asf(8) can be mentioned in the handbook at last; - speed (no more double fts(3) per loaded module); - various bugs fixed. At the same time, the new asf(8) should stay compatible with the old one, bar bugs. Perhaps some defaults may be changed later to match today's state of affairs. Reviewed by: grog MFC after: 1 month Sponsored by: RiNet (Cronyx Plus LLC)
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writes to it instead of
.Pa .asf .
If
.Ar outfile
is a single dash
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.Pq Sq Fl ,
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standard output is used.
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.Sh OPTIONS
The following options modify the function of
.Nm :
.Bl -tag -width indent
.It Fl a
When writing to an explicit
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.Ar outfile ,
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append to the file rather than overwriting it.
Add a "-f" flag for asf(8) which performs a search to find the each module no matter where in the directory structure it may be. Use this and the "-k" flag in the generated gdbinit files so that the "getsyms" function in gdb requires no user intervention to run and will find every module if they're in the kernel build's module directory. This is still quite useful for cases where gdb knows that the path for some modules is /boot/kernel and others are in the object directory for /usr/src/sys/$ARCH/compile/kernel. Approved by: grog
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.It Fl f
Instead of trying to simplistically guess the path for each module, perform
a traversal in the same way that
.Xr find 1
does to locate an exact path for each module, no matter where in
.Ar modules-path
it is located.
Give a major overhaul to asf(8). The improvements are: - can get the kld info from core files via kvm(3); - can use kldstat(2) directly, which is a piece of cake; - can use .symbols or whatever, which allows for use by non-developers when reporting system crashes -- now asf(8) can be mentioned in the handbook at last; - speed (no more double fts(3) per loaded module); - various bugs fixed. At the same time, the new asf(8) should stay compatible with the old one, bar bugs. Perhaps some defaults may be changed later to match today's state of affairs. Reviewed by: grog MFC after: 1 month Sponsored by: RiNet (Cronyx Plus LLC)
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.It Fl K
Instead of reading from standard input, use the conventional
system interface to get the list of modules currently loaded.
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.It Fl k
Instead of reading from standard input, start a
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.Xr kldstat 8
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and read the information from it.
Give a major overhaul to asf(8). The improvements are: - can get the kld info from core files via kvm(3); - can use kldstat(2) directly, which is a piece of cake; - can use .symbols or whatever, which allows for use by non-developers when reporting system crashes -- now asf(8) can be mentioned in the handbook at last; - speed (no more double fts(3) per loaded module); - various bugs fixed. At the same time, the new asf(8) should stay compatible with the old one, bar bugs. Perhaps some defaults may be changed later to match today's state of affairs. Reviewed by: grog MFC after: 1 month Sponsored by: RiNet (Cronyx Plus LLC)
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.It Fl M
Specify the core file for
.Xr kvm 3 .
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Implies
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.Fl V .
.It Fl N
Specify the system file for
.Xr kvm 3 .
Implies
.Fl V .
.It Fl o
Specify the file for
.Nm
to write or append its output to.
If
.Ar outfile
is a single dash
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.Pq Sq Fl ,
Make grammar a bit more consistent in this document.
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standard output is used.
Add -s option to strip subdirectory from module path. e.g. moudle-path/firewire/firewire.ko -> module-path/firewire.ko Reviewed by: grog
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.It Fl s
Assorted markup, grammar, and spelling fixes.
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Do not prepend a (guessed) subdirectory of the module path.
Give a major overhaul to asf(8). The improvements are: - can get the kld info from core files via kvm(3); - can use kldstat(2) directly, which is a piece of cake; - can use .symbols or whatever, which allows for use by non-developers when reporting system crashes -- now asf(8) can be mentioned in the handbook at last; - speed (no more double fts(3) per loaded module); - various bugs fixed. At the same time, the new asf(8) should stay compatible with the old one, bar bugs. Perhaps some defaults may be changed later to match today's state of affairs. Reviewed by: grog MFC after: 1 month Sponsored by: RiNet (Cronyx Plus LLC)
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.It Fl V
Instead of reading from standard input, use the
.Xr kvm 3
interface to get the list of modules.
This interface allows for inspecting system crash dumps,
as well as the live system.
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The
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.Fl M
and
.Fl N
options will be of use if inspecting a crash dump.
Elevated privileges, e.g., those of a superuser,
may be needed to use this option.
.It Fl X
Add
.Ar suffix
to the list of suffixes
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.Nm
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tries to append to KLD file names.
The default list consists of
.Pa .debug ,
.Pa .symbols ,
and the null suffix.
The null suffix always stays at the list tail, after the suffix added.
Should it be needed in the middle of the list,
a blank suffix can be specified to
.Fl X
instead.
.It Fl x
Clear the list of suffixes
.Nm
tries to append to KLD file names.
Only the null suffix is left in the list.
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.El
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.Sh EXAMPLES
To add symbol files from the system search path specified by the
.Va kern.module_path
sysctl, the following command can be used:
.Pp
.Dl asf -s `sysctl -n kern.module_path`
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr kvm 3 ,
.Xr kld 4 ,
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.Xr kldstat 8 ,
.Xr sysctl 8
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.Sh HISTORY
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The
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.Nm
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utility first appeared in
.Fx 5.2 .
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.Sh AUTHORS
.An Greg Lehey Aq grog@FreeBSD.org
.Sh BUGS
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Module paths are guessed in a rather naive way by default.
It is likely to lag behind the changes to the build tree layout.
Using
.Fl f
is recommended.
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