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Re: Secret Decoder Ring for kernel stubs?

From: Niall Litchfield <niall.litchfield_at_gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2006 09:03:19 +0000
Message-ID: <7765c8970611300103y52d56f7ajd48d0ad928baeabb@mail.gmail.com>


Oh quite possibly - I was just using metalink search to try and find some resources on internal function calls - not being able to find documents you *know* are there is difficult enough, not being able to find documents you *don't* know are there is probably par for th course. Metalink search gives me many rumsfeld moments.

On 11/29/06, Alex Gorbachev <gorbyx_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> 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
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Niall Litchfield
> > Oracle DBA
> > http://www.orawin.info
> > --
> > http://www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>
> --
> 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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Niall Litchfield
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Received on Thu Nov 30 2006 - 03:03:19 CST

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