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charset="utf-8" Signed-off-by: Siddharth Nayyar --- Documentation/kbuild/modules.rst | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/kbuild/modules.rst b/Documentation/kbuild/module= s.rst index d0703605bfa4..f2022fa2342f 100644 --- a/Documentation/kbuild/modules.rst +++ b/Documentation/kbuild/modules.rst @@ -426,11 +426,11 @@ Symbols From the Kernel (vmlinux + modules) Version Information Formats --------------------------- =20 - Exported symbols have information stored in __ksymtab or __ksymtab_gpl - sections. Symbol names and namespaces are stored in __ksymtab_strings, + Exported symbols have information stored in the __ksymtab section. + Symbol names and namespaces are stored in __ksymtab_strings section, using a format similar to the string table used for ELF. If CONFIG_MODVERSIONS is enabled, the CRCs corresponding to exported - symbols will be added to the __kcrctab or __kcrctab_gpl. + symbols will be added to the __kcrctab section. =20 If CONFIG_BASIC_MODVERSIONS is enabled (default with CONFIG_MODVERSIONS), imported symbols will have their symbol name and --=20 2.51.0.338.gd7d06c2dae-goog