diff -urN -X dontdiff linux/Documentation/Configure.help 2325-kcore/Documentation/Configure.help
--- linux/Documentation/Configure.help	Fri Oct 29 21:19:49 1999
+++ 2325-kcore/Documentation/Configure.help	Tue Nov  2 10:53:10 1999
@@ -1912,6 +1912,23 @@
   building a kernel for install/rescue disks or your system is very
   limited in memory.
 
+Kernel core (/proc/kcore) format
+CONFIG_KCORE_ELF
+  If you enabled support for /proc filesystem then the file /proc/kernel/kcore
+  will contain the kernel core image. This can be used in gdb:
+
+  $ cd /usr/src/linux ; gdb vmlinux /proc/kernel/kcore
+
+  Selecting ELF will make /proc/kerne/kcore appear in ELF core format as defined
+  by the Executable and Linking Format specification. Selecting A.OUT will
+  present the kcore file in the old "a.out" format which may be necessary
+  for some old versions of binutils or on some architectures.
+
+  This is especially useful if you have compiled the kernel with "-g" option
+  to preserve debugging information. It is mainly used for examining kernel
+  data structures on the live kernel so if you don't understand what this
+  means or are not a kernel hacker, just leave it at its default value ELF.
+
 Kernel support for ELF binaries
 CONFIG_BINFMT_ELF
   ELF (Executable and Linkable Format) is a format for libraries and
diff -urN -X dontdiff linux/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt 2325-kcore/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt
--- linux/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt	Thu Oct 14 22:22:08 1999
+++ 2325-kcore/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt	Tue Nov  2 11:10:54 1999
@@ -190,7 +190,6 @@
  ide         Directory containing info about the IDE subsystem 
  interrupts  Interrupt usage                                   
  ioports     I/O port usage                                    
- kcore       Kernel core image                                 
  kmsg        Kernel messages                                   
  ksyms       Kernel symbol table                               
  loadavg     Load average                                      
@@ -207,6 +206,7 @@
  stat        Overall statistics                                
  swaps       Swap space utilization                            
  sys         See chapter 2                                     
+ kernel      Contains kernel core image called kcore, can be in ELF or A.OUT format.
  uptime      System uptime                                     
  version     Kernel version                                    
 ..............................................................................
diff -urN -X dontdiff linux/arch/i386/config.in 2325-kcore/arch/i386/config.in
--- linux/arch/i386/config.in	Mon Oct 25 16:26:52 1999
+++ 2325-kcore/arch/i386/config.in	Tue Nov  2 10:57:29 1999
@@ -104,6 +104,11 @@
 bool 'System V IPC' CONFIG_SYSVIPC
 bool 'BSD Process Accounting' CONFIG_BSD_PROCESS_ACCT
 bool 'Sysctl support' CONFIG_SYSCTL
+if [ "$CONFIG_PROC_FS" = "y" ]; then
+   choice 'Kernel core (/proc/kcore) format' \
+	"ELF		CONFIG_KCORE_ELF	\
+	 A.OUT		CONFIG_KCORE_AOUT" ELF
+fi
 tristate 'Kernel support for a.out binaries' CONFIG_BINFMT_AOUT
 tristate 'Kernel support for ELF binaries' CONFIG_BINFMT_ELF
 tristate 'Kernel support for MISC binaries' CONFIG_BINFMT_MISC
diff -urN -X dontdiff linux/arch/i386/defconfig 2325-kcore/arch/i386/defconfig
--- linux/arch/i386/defconfig	Thu Oct 28 00:16:32 1999
+++ 2325-kcore/arch/i386/defconfig	Tue Nov  2 10:58:41 1999
@@ -63,6 +63,8 @@
 CONFIG_SYSVIPC=y
 # CONFIG_BSD_PROCESS_ACCT is not set
 CONFIG_SYSCTL=y
+# CONFIG_KCORE_AOUT is not set
+CONFIG_KCORE_ELF=y
 CONFIG_BINFMT_AOUT=y
 CONFIG_BINFMT_ELF=y
 CONFIG_BINFMT_MISC=y
diff -urN -X dontdiff linux/fs/proc/Makefile 2325-kcore/fs/proc/Makefile
--- linux/fs/proc/Makefile	Thu Oct 28 22:34:43 1999
+++ 2325-kcore/fs/proc/Makefile	Tue Nov  2 10:58:13 1999
@@ -16,6 +16,12 @@
 OX_OBJS  := procfs_syms.o
 M_OBJS   := 
 
+ifdef CONFIG_KCORE_ELF
+O_OBJS   += kcore.o
+else
+O_OBJS   += kcore_aout.o
+endif
+
 ifeq ($(CONFIG_SUN_OPENPROMFS),y)
 O_OBJS += openpromfs.o
 else
diff -urN -X dontdiff linux/fs/proc/array.c 2325-kcore/fs/proc/array.c
--- linux/fs/proc/array.c	Thu Oct 28 22:34:43 1999
+++ 2325-kcore/fs/proc/array.c	Tue Nov  2 10:59:45 1999
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@
 #include <linux/kernel_stat.h>
 #include <linux/tty.h>
 #include <linux/user.h>
-#include <linux/a.out.h>
 #include <linux/string.h>
 #include <linux/mman.h>
 #include <linux/proc_fs.h>
@@ -71,88 +70,6 @@
 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
 #include <asm/pgtable.h>
 #include <asm/io.h>
-
-
-static int open_kcore(struct inode * inode, struct file * filp)
-{
-	return capable(CAP_SYS_RAWIO) ? 0 : -EPERM;
-}
-
-static ssize_t read_core(struct file * file, char * buf,
-			 size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
-{
-	unsigned long p = *ppos, memsize;
-	ssize_t read;
-	ssize_t count1;
-	char * pnt;
-	struct user dump;
-#if defined (__i386__) || defined (__mc68000__)
-#	define FIRST_MAPPED	PAGE_SIZE	/* we don't have page 0 mapped on x86.. */
-#else
-#	define FIRST_MAPPED	0
-#endif
-
-	memset(&dump, 0, sizeof(struct user));
-	dump.magic = CMAGIC;
-	dump.u_dsize = max_mapnr;
-#if defined (__i386__)
-	dump.start_code = PAGE_OFFSET;
-#endif
-#ifdef __alpha__
-	dump.start_data = PAGE_OFFSET;
-#endif
-
-	memsize = (max_mapnr + 1) << PAGE_SHIFT;
-	if (p >= memsize)
-		return 0;
-	if (count > memsize - p)
-		count = memsize - p;
-	read = 0;
-
-	if (p < sizeof(struct user) && count > 0) {
-		count1 = count;
-		if (p + count1 > sizeof(struct user))
-			count1 = sizeof(struct user)-p;
-		pnt = (char *) &dump + p;
-		copy_to_user(buf,(void *) pnt, count1);
-		buf += count1;
-		p += count1;
-		count -= count1;
-		read += count1;
-	}
-
-	if (count > 0 && p < PAGE_SIZE + FIRST_MAPPED) {
-		count1 = PAGE_SIZE + FIRST_MAPPED - p;
-		if (count1 > count)
-			count1 = count;
-		clear_user(buf, count1);
-		buf += count1;
-		p += count1;
-		count -= count1;
-		read += count1;
-	}
-	if (count > 0) {
-		copy_to_user(buf, (void *) (PAGE_OFFSET+p-PAGE_SIZE), count);
-		read += count;
-	}
-	*ppos += read;
-	return read;
-}
-
-static struct file_operations proc_kcore_operations = {
-	NULL,           /* lseek */
-	read_core,
-	NULL,		/* write */
-	NULL,		/* readdir */
-	NULL,		/* poll */
-	NULL,		/* ioctl */
-	NULL,		/* mmap */
-	open_kcore
-};
-
-struct inode_operations proc_kcore_inode_operations = {
-	&proc_kcore_operations,
-};
 
 /*
  * This function accesses profiling information. The returned data is
diff -urN -X dontdiff linux/fs/proc/kcore.c 2325-kcore/fs/proc/kcore.c
--- linux/fs/proc/kcore.c	Thu Jan  1 01:00:00 1970
+++ 2325-kcore/fs/proc/kcore.c	Tue Nov  2 11:00:01 1999
@@ -0,0 +1,297 @@
+/*
+ *	fs/proc/kcore.c kernel ELF core dumper
+ *
+ *	Modelled on fs/exec.c:aout_core_dump()
+ *	Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@sw.oz.au>
+ *	Implemented by David Howells <David.Howells@nexor.co.uk>
+ *	Modified and incorporated into 2.3.x by Tigran Aivazian <tigran@sco.com>
+ */
+
+#include <linux/mm.h>
+#include <linux/proc_fs.h>
+#include <linux/elf.h>
+#include <linux/elfcore.h>
+#include <asm/uaccess.h>
+
+#define roundup(x, y)  ((((x)+((y)-1))/(y))*(y))
+
+/* An ELF note in memory */
+struct kcore_memelfnote
+{
+	const char *name;
+	int type;
+	unsigned int datasz;
+	void *data;
+};
+
+extern char saved_command_line[];
+
+/*****************************************************************************/
+/*
+ * determine size of ELF note
+ */
+static int kcore_notesize(struct kcore_memelfnote *en)
+{
+	int sz;
+
+	sz = sizeof(struct elf_note);
+	sz += roundup(strlen(en->name), 4);
+	sz += roundup(en->datasz, 4);
+
+	return sz;
+} /* end kcore_notesize() */
+
+/*****************************************************************************/
+/*
+ * store a note in the header buffer
+ */
+static char *kcore_storenote(struct kcore_memelfnote *men, char *bufp)
+{
+	struct elf_note en;
+
+#define DUMP_WRITE(addr,nr) do { memcpy(bufp,addr,nr); bufp += nr; } while(0)
+
+	en.n_namesz = strlen(men->name);
+	en.n_descsz = men->datasz;
+	en.n_type = men->type;
+
+	DUMP_WRITE(&en, sizeof(en));
+	DUMP_WRITE(men->name, en.n_namesz);
+
+	/* XXX - cast from long long to long to avoid need for libgcc.a */
+	bufp = (char*) roundup((unsigned long)bufp,4);
+	DUMP_WRITE(men->data, men->datasz);
+	bufp = (char*) roundup((unsigned long)bufp,4);
+
+#undef DUMP_WRITE
+
+	return bufp;
+} /* end kcore_storenote() */
+
+/*****************************************************************************/
+/*
+ * store an ELF coredump header in the supplied buffer
+ * - assume the memory image is the size specified
+ */
+static void kcore_store_hdr(char *bufp, size_t size, off_t dataoff)
+{
+	struct kcore_memelfnote notes[3];
+	struct elf_prstatus prstatus;	/* NT_PRSTATUS */
+	struct elf_prpsinfo psinfo;	/* NT_PRPSINFO */
+	struct elf_phdr *nhdr, *dhdr;
+	struct elfhdr *elf;
+	off_t offset = 0;
+
+	/* acquire an ELF header block from the buffer */
+	elf = (struct elfhdr *) bufp;
+	bufp += sizeof(*elf);
+	offset += sizeof(*elf);
+
+	/* set up header */
+	memcpy(elf->e_ident,ELFMAG,SELFMAG);
+	elf->e_ident[EI_CLASS]	= ELF_CLASS;
+	elf->e_ident[EI_DATA]	= ELF_DATA;
+	elf->e_ident[EI_VERSION]= EV_CURRENT;
+	memset(elf->e_ident+EI_PAD,0,EI_NIDENT-EI_PAD);
+
+	elf->e_type	= ET_CORE;
+	elf->e_machine	= ELF_ARCH;
+	elf->e_version	= EV_CURRENT;
+	elf->e_entry	= 0;
+	elf->e_phoff	= sizeof(*elf);
+	elf->e_shoff	= 0;
+	elf->e_flags	= 0;
+	elf->e_ehsize	= sizeof(*elf);
+	elf->e_phentsize= sizeof(struct elf_phdr);
+	elf->e_phnum	= 2;			/* no. of segments */
+	elf->e_shentsize= 0;
+	elf->e_shnum	= 0;
+	elf->e_shstrndx	= 0;
+
+	/* acquire an ELF program header blocks from the buffer for notes */
+	nhdr = (struct elf_phdr *) bufp;
+	bufp += sizeof(*nhdr);
+	offset += sizeof(*nhdr);
+
+	/* store program headers for notes dump */
+	nhdr->p_type	= PT_NOTE;
+	nhdr->p_offset	= 0;
+	nhdr->p_vaddr	= 0;
+	nhdr->p_paddr	= 0;
+	nhdr->p_memsz	= 0;
+	nhdr->p_flags	= 0;
+	nhdr->p_align	= 0;
+
+	/* acquire an ELF program header blocks from the buffer for data */
+	dhdr = (struct elf_phdr *) bufp;
+	bufp += sizeof(*dhdr);
+	offset += sizeof(*dhdr);
+
+	/* store program headers for data dump */
+	dhdr->p_type	= PT_LOAD;
+	dhdr->p_flags	= PF_R|PF_W|PF_X;
+	dhdr->p_offset	= dataoff;
+	dhdr->p_vaddr	= PAGE_OFFSET;
+	dhdr->p_paddr	= __pa(PAGE_OFFSET);
+	dhdr->p_filesz	= size;
+	dhdr->p_memsz	= size;
+	dhdr->p_align	= PAGE_SIZE;
+
+	/*
+	 * Set up the notes in similar form to SVR4 core dumps made
+	 * with info from their /proc.
+	 */
+	nhdr->p_offset	= offset;
+	nhdr->p_filesz	= 0;
+
+	/* set up the process status */
+	notes[0].name = "CORE";
+	notes[0].type = NT_PRSTATUS;
+	notes[0].datasz = sizeof(prstatus);
+	notes[0].data = &prstatus;
+
+	memset(&prstatus,0,sizeof(prstatus));
+
+	nhdr->p_filesz	= kcore_notesize(&notes[0]);
+	bufp = kcore_storenote(&notes[0],bufp);
+
+	/* set up the process info */
+	notes[1].name	= "CORE";
+	notes[1].type	= NT_PRPSINFO;
+	notes[1].datasz	= sizeof(psinfo);
+	notes[1].data	= &psinfo;
+
+	memset(&psinfo,0,sizeof(psinfo));
+	psinfo.pr_state	= 0;
+	psinfo.pr_sname	= 'R';
+	psinfo.pr_zomb	= 0;
+
+	strcpy(psinfo.pr_fname,"vmlinux");
+	strncpy(psinfo.pr_psargs,saved_command_line,ELF_PRARGSZ);
+
+	nhdr->p_filesz	= kcore_notesize(&notes[1]);
+	bufp = kcore_storenote(&notes[1],bufp);
+
+	/* set up the task structure */
+	notes[2].name	= "CORE";
+	notes[2].type	= NT_TASKSTRUCT;
+	notes[2].datasz	= sizeof(*current);
+	notes[2].data	= current;
+
+	nhdr->p_filesz	= kcore_notesize(&notes[2]);
+	bufp = kcore_storenote(&notes[2],bufp);
+
+} /* end kcore_store_hdr() */
+
+/*****************************************************************************/
+/*
+ * read from the ELF header and then kernel memory
+ */
+static ssize_t read_kcore(struct file *file, char *buffer, size_t buflen,
+			  loff_t *fpos)
+{
+	ssize_t acc;
+	size_t size, tsz;
+	char *page;
+
+	/* work out how much file we allow to be read */
+	size = ((size_t)high_memory - PAGE_OFFSET) + PAGE_SIZE;
+	acc = 0;
+
+	/* see if file pointer already beyond EOF */
+	if (buflen==0 || *fpos>=size)
+		return 0;
+
+	/* trim buflen to not go beyond EOF */
+	if (buflen > size-*fpos)
+		buflen = size - *fpos;
+
+	/* construct an ELF core header if we'll need some of it */
+	if (*fpos<PAGE_SIZE) {
+		/* get a buffer */
+		page = (char*) __get_free_page(GFP_KERNEL);
+		if (!page)
+			return -ENOMEM;
+
+		tsz = PAGE_SIZE-*fpos;
+		if (buflen < tsz)
+			tsz = buflen;
+
+		/* create a header */
+		memset(page,0,PAGE_SIZE);
+		kcore_store_hdr(page,size-PAGE_SIZE,PAGE_SIZE);
+
+		/* copy data to the users buffer */
+		copy_to_user(buffer,page,tsz);
+		buflen -= tsz;
+		*fpos += tsz;
+		buffer += tsz;
+		acc += tsz;
+
+		free_page((unsigned long) page);
+
+		/* leave now if filled buffer already */
+		if (buflen==0)
+			return tsz;
+	}
+
+	/* where page 0 not mapped, write zeros into buffer */
+#if defined (__i386__) || defined (__mc68000__)
+	if (*fpos < PAGE_SIZE*2) {
+		/* work out how much to clear */
+		tsz = PAGE_SIZE*2 - *fpos;
+		if (buflen < tsz)
+			tsz = buflen;
+
+		/* write zeros to buffer */
+		clear_user(buffer,tsz);
+		buflen -= tsz;
+		*fpos += tsz;
+		buffer += tsz;
+		acc += tsz;
+
+		/* leave now if filled buffer already */
+		if (buflen==0)
+			return tsz;
+	}
+#endif
+
+	/* fill the remainder of the buffer from kernel VM space */
+#if defined (__i386__) || defined (__mc68000__)
+	copy_to_user(buffer,__va(*fpos-PAGE_SIZE),buflen);
+#else
+	copy_to_user(buffer,__va(*fpos),buflen);
+#endif
+	acc += buflen;
+
+	return acc;
+
+} /* end read_kcore() */
+
+/*****************************************************************************/
+/*
+ * kcore open routine - check we have permission to do raw I/O
+ */
+static int open_kcore(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
+{
+	return capable(CAP_SYS_RAWIO) ? 0 : -EPERM;
+} /* end open_kcore() */
+
+/*****************************************************************************/
+/*
+ * describe the kcore file in terms of what operations can be performed on it
+ */
+static struct file_operations proc_kcore_operations = {
+	NULL,           /* lseek */
+	read_kcore,	/* read */
+	NULL,		/* write */
+	NULL,		/* readdir */
+	NULL,		/* poll */
+	NULL,		/* ioctl */
+	NULL,		/* mmap */
+	open_kcore	/* open */
+};
+
+struct inode_operations proc_kcore_inode_operations = {
+	&proc_kcore_operations,
+};
diff -urN -X dontdiff linux/fs/proc/kcore_aout.c 2325-kcore/fs/proc/kcore_aout.c
--- linux/fs/proc/kcore_aout.c	Thu Jan  1 01:00:00 1970
+++ 2325-kcore/fs/proc/kcore_aout.c	Tue Nov  2 12:18:45 1999
@@ -0,0 +1,107 @@
+/*
+ *	fs/proc/kcore_aout.c old kernel AOUT core dumper
+ *
+ *	Modelled on fs/exec.c:aout_core_dump()
+ *	Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@sw.oz.au>
+ *	Superceded by the ELF-style kcore
+ *	Made conditional by Tigran Aivazian <tigran@sco.com> and
+ *      David Howells <dwh@nexor.co.uk>
+ */
+
+#include <linux/mm.h>
+#include <linux/user.h>
+#include <linux/proc_fs.h>
+#include <linux/a.out.h>
+#include <asm/uaccess.h>
+
+/*****************************************************************************/
+/*
+ * read from the AOUT core header and then kernel memory
+ */
+static ssize_t read_kcore(struct file * file, char * buf, size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
+{
+	unsigned long p = *ppos, memsize;
+	ssize_t read;
+	ssize_t count1;
+	char * pnt;
+	struct user dump;
+#if defined (__i386__) || defined (__mc68000__)
+#	define FIRST_MAPPED	PAGE_SIZE	/* we don't have page 0 mapped on x86.. */
+#else
+#	define FIRST_MAPPED	0
+#endif
+
+	memset(&dump, 0, sizeof(struct user));
+	dump.magic = CMAGIC;
+	dump.u_dsize = max_mapnr;
+#if defined (__i386__)
+	dump.start_code = PAGE_OFFSET;
+#endif
+#ifdef __alpha__
+	dump.start_data = PAGE_OFFSET;
+#endif
+
+	memsize = (max_mapnr + 1) << PAGE_SHIFT;
+	if (p >= memsize)
+		return 0;
+	if (count > memsize - p)
+		count = memsize - p;
+	read = 0;
+
+	if (p < sizeof(struct user) && count > 0) {
+		count1 = count;
+		if (p + count1 > sizeof(struct user))
+			count1 = sizeof(struct user)-p;
+		pnt = (char *) &dump + p;
+		copy_to_user(buf,(void *) pnt, count1);
+		buf += count1;
+		p += count1;
+		count -= count1;
+		read += count1;
+	}
+
+	if (count > 0 && p < PAGE_SIZE + FIRST_MAPPED) {
+		count1 = PAGE_SIZE + FIRST_MAPPED - p;
+		if (count1 > count)
+			count1 = count;
+		clear_user(buf, count1);
+		buf += count1;
+		p += count1;
+		count -= count1;
+		read += count1;
+	}
+	if (count > 0) {
+		copy_to_user(buf, (void *) (PAGE_OFFSET+p-PAGE_SIZE), count);
+		read += count;
+	}
+	*ppos += read;
+	return read;
+} /* end read_kcore() */
+
+/*****************************************************************************/
+/*
+ * kcore open routine - check we have permission to do raw I/O
+ */
+static int open_kcore(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
+{
+	return capable(CAP_SYS_RAWIO) ? 0 : -EPERM;
+} /* end open_kcore() */
+
+/*****************************************************************************/
+/*
+ * describe the kcore file in terms of what operations can be performed on it
+ */
+static struct file_operations proc_kcore_operations = {
+	NULL,           /* lseek */
+	read_kcore,	/* read */
+	NULL,		/* write */
+	NULL,		/* readdir */
+	NULL,		/* poll */
+	NULL,		/* ioctl */
+	NULL,		/* mmap */
+	open_kcore	/* open */
+};
+
+struct inode_operations proc_kcore_inode_operations = {
+	&proc_kcore_operations,
+};
diff -urN -X dontdiff linux/fs/proc/proc_misc.c 2325-kcore/fs/proc/proc_misc.c
--- linux/fs/proc/proc_misc.c	Mon Nov  1 19:37:00 1999
+++ 2325-kcore/fs/proc/proc_misc.c	Tue Nov  2 11:37:54 1999
@@ -550,7 +550,7 @@
 	S_IFREG | S_IRUSR, 1, 0, 0,
 	0, &proc_kmsg_inode_operations
 };
-static struct proc_dir_entry proc_root_kcore = {
+static struct proc_dir_entry proc_kernel_kcore = {
 	0, 5, "kcore",
 	S_IFREG | S_IRUSR, 1, 0, 0,
 	0, &proc_kcore_inode_operations
@@ -612,8 +612,8 @@
 
 	/* And now for trickier ones */
 	proc_register(&proc_root, &proc_root_kmsg);
-	proc_register(&proc_root, &proc_root_kcore);
-	proc_root_kcore.size = (MAP_NR(high_memory) << PAGE_SHIFT) + PAGE_SIZE;
+	proc_register(proc_root_kernel, &proc_kernel_kcore);
+	proc_kernel_kcore.size = (MAP_NR(high_memory) << PAGE_SHIFT) + PAGE_SIZE;
 	if (prof_shift) {
 		proc_register(&proc_root, &proc_root_profile);
 		proc_root_profile.size = (1+prof_len) * sizeof(unsigned int);
diff -urN -X dontdiff linux/fs/proc/procfs_syms.c 2325-kcore/fs/proc/procfs_syms.c
--- linux/fs/proc/procfs_syms.c	Thu Oct 28 22:34:43 1999
+++ 2325-kcore/fs/proc/procfs_syms.c	Tue Nov  2 11:02:32 1999
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(remove_proc_entry);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(proc_root);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(proc_root_fs);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(proc_root_kernel);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(proc_get_inode);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(proc_dir_inode_operations);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(proc_net);
diff -urN -X dontdiff linux/fs/proc/root.c 2325-kcore/fs/proc/root.c
--- linux/fs/proc/root.c	Thu Oct 28 22:34:43 1999
+++ 2325-kcore/fs/proc/root.c	Tue Nov  2 11:21:11 1999
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@
 };
 
 struct proc_dir_entry *proc_net, *proc_scsi, *proc_bus, *proc_sysvipc,
-		      *proc_root_fs, *proc_root_driver;
+		      *proc_root_fs, *proc_root_driver, *proc_root_kernel;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_MCA
 struct proc_dir_entry *proc_mca;
@@ -542,6 +542,7 @@
 void __init proc_root_init(void)
 {
 	proc_base_init();
+	proc_root_kernel = create_proc_entry("kernel", S_IFDIR, 0);
 	proc_misc_init();
 	proc_register(&proc_root, &proc_root_self);
 	proc_net = create_proc_entry("net", S_IFDIR, 0);
diff -urN -X dontdiff linux/include/linux/proc_fs.h 2325-kcore/include/linux/proc_fs.h
--- linux/include/linux/proc_fs.h	Mon Nov  1 21:38:26 1999
+++ 2325-kcore/include/linux/proc_fs.h	Tue Nov  2 11:05:03 1999
@@ -193,6 +193,7 @@
 extern struct proc_dir_entry *proc_bus;
 extern struct proc_dir_entry *proc_sysvipc;
 extern struct proc_dir_entry *proc_root_driver;
+extern struct proc_dir_entry *proc_root_kernel;
 
 extern struct inode_operations proc_scsi_inode_operations;
 
