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What is going on with /sys/kernel/notes ? (self.linux)

submitted 11 months ago by mvirts to c/[email protected]

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Any thoughts on why cat /sys/kernel/notes gives me:

LinuxLinuXen@ XenlinuxXen2.Xenxen-3.Xen��XenXen��&�� XenXeXeXen��XeXengenericXen Xenyes

I'm beginning to look into another issue I posted about, but this struck me as odd

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[–] Static_Rocket 4 points 11 months ago

There's a bunch of other data being printed aside from the usual printable characters. Run it through strings if you want something human readable.

As to what that extra data is... I actually don't know off hand. Let's see if the mailing list has any info...