Index: kernel/tools/genmap.py
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--- kernel/tools/genmap.py	(revision 28f4adbc5088d8d67ea408f56eb3b35838031e6a)
+++ kernel/tools/genmap.py	(revision 57d129e409ea2627e260e473121b36d65cff93b3)
@@ -100,8 +100,9 @@
 			for addr, symbol in symbols:
 				value = fname + ':' + symbol
-				data = struct.pack(symtabfmt, addr + offset, value[:MAXSTRING])
+				value_bytes = value.encode('ascii')
+				data = struct.pack(symtabfmt, addr + offset, value_bytes[:MAXSTRING])
 				out.write(data)
 			
-	out.write(struct.pack(symtabfmt, 0, ''))
+	out.write(struct.pack(symtabfmt, 0, b''))
 
 def main():