# proc_ksyms - man(5) - [phpMan]

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## NAME
       /proc/kallsyms - kernel exported symbols

## DESCRIPTION
       _/proc/kallsyms_ (since Linux 2.5.71)
              This  holds the kernel exported symbol definitions used by the **modules**(X) tools to dy‐
              namically link and bind loadable modules.  In Linux 2.5.47 and earlier, a similar file
              with slightly different syntax was named _ksyms_.

## HISTORY
       _/proc/ksyms_ (Linux 1.1.23–2.5.47)
              See _/proc/kallsyms_.

## SEE ALSO
       [**proc**(5)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/proc/5/markdown)

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