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Re: Secret Decoder Ring for kernel stubs?

From: Alex Gorbachev <gorbyx_at_gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2006 18:06:38 -0500
Message-ID: <c2213f680611291506t77f3a5c6xee6bad31beff4fa2@mail.gmail.com>


Hm... Wasn't it there since 8i? I'm not 100% sure but I think I have it in my bookmarks for a while.

On 11/29/06, Niall Litchfield <niall.litchfield_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>
> It's amazing the things that conferences can get you. Tanel Poder, not
> sure if he is still on this list, mentioned Metalink Note 175982.1 at
> UKOUG earlier this month, though I'm sure it didn't exist 2 years ago
> when I looked for a note like this using Metalink search.
>
> I'm curious as to the derivation of "Secret Decoder Ring" by the way.
>
> On 11/28/06, Charles Schultz <sacrophyte_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> > Curious, is there a good resource to "unabiguify" kernel stub names?
> Granted, they are undocumented because Oracle does not want anyone to hack
> their software, but surely somebody knows what all those names translate to,
> or what they are used for. I have a very curious streak, so while I would
> not be able to do anything the knowledge, I simply want to know.
> >
> > For example, what is kcrrwkx, and what is it used for? For context, see
> bug 4883174
> >
> > --
> > Charles Schultz
>
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> Niall Litchfield
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Best regards,
Alex Gorbachev

The Pythian Group
Sr. Oracle DBA

http://www.pythian.com/blogs/author/alex/
http://blog.oracloid.com

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