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From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
To: Russell King <rmk@arm.linux.org.uk>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: zImage now holds vmlinux, System.map and config in sections. (fwd)
Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2003 13:52:27 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <3E5BE59B.6000409@zytor.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20030225212457.G21014@flint.arm.linux.org.uk>

Russell King wrote:
>>
>>Isn't that what "strip" is for?
> 
> zImage on ARM is a binary blob without any formatting.  The first
> instruction to be executed is at the start of the file.  Perfect
> for loading directly into flash or RAM via whatever boot loader
> or debugger you choose.
> 

Well, then it doesn't have sections.  As far as I could see the original
post only applied to architectures for which zImage is an ELF binary.

Similarly, this will not exist on x86/x86-64 where the (b)zImage is
mostly a binary blob.

	-hpa


  reply	other threads:[~2003-02-25 21:42 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 21+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2003-02-25  6:28 zImage now holds vmlinux, System.map and config in sections. (fwd) Mikael Starvik
2003-02-25  9:25 ` Russell King
2003-02-25 11:07   ` Ville Herva
2003-02-25 11:35     ` Russell King
2003-02-25 12:03       ` Ville Herva
2003-02-25 14:34         ` Jeremy Jackson
2003-02-26 18:41           ` Peter Bergner
2003-02-25 22:00         ` Bryan Andersen
2003-02-25 12:50       ` Remco Post
2003-02-25 13:35         ` Russell King
2003-02-25 16:38       ` Randy.Dunlap
2003-02-25 17:52         ` Russell King
2003-02-26 20:01           ` Todd Inglett
2003-02-26 20:45             ` Peter Bergner
2003-02-25 19:22         ` Ville Herva
2003-02-25 16:23   ` Randy.Dunlap
2003-02-25 20:00   ` H. Peter Anvin
2003-02-25 21:24     ` Russell King
2003-02-25 21:52       ` H. Peter Anvin [this message]
2003-02-25 23:21 ` Magnus Danielson
     [not found] <Pine.LNX.4.33.0302241010200.1088-100000@localhost.localdomain>
2003-02-24 19:58 ` Randy.Dunlap

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