file, and much larger. If you have a hand-built kernel, make sure
it was built with the
.IR CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO=y
-option.
+option. Some Linux distributions may include several kernel variants,
+including a confusingly named \fIkernel-debug\fR (an alternative kernel,
+with its own \fIkernel-debug-debuginfo\fR package), which is not the same
+thing as the \fIkernel-debuginfo\fR (DWARF data for the base kernel). The
+.IR stap\-prep
+program can help install the right set.
.TP
process debuginfo
.IR \-\-download\-debuginfo
flag.
The
-.IR stap-prep
+.IR stap\-prep
script included with systemtap may be able to download the
appropriate kernel debuginfo. Another possibility is to install and
use a