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submitted 9 months ago by mvirts@lemmy.world to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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@lemmy.world 5 points 9 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...

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