* arch-specific "make" target
@ 2004-05-26 16:16 Jeff Garzik
2004-05-26 16:32 ` Ralf Baechle
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From: Jeff Garzik @ 2004-05-26 16:16 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Linux Arch list
I just wanted to confirm that all architectures generate a bootable
kernel image -- not just vmlinux -- then the developer types "make" with
no arguments.
This is the 2.6 kernel standard, but I just got word that some arches
don't follow this rule yet...
Jeff
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* Re: arch-specific "make" target
2004-05-26 16:16 arch-specific "make" target Jeff Garzik
@ 2004-05-26 16:32 ` Ralf Baechle
2004-05-26 16:43 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
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From: Ralf Baechle @ 2004-05-26 16:32 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Jeff Garzik; +Cc: Linux Arch list
On Wed, May 26, 2004 at 12:16:59PM -0400, Jeff Garzik wrote:
> I just wanted to confirm that all architectures generate a bootable
> kernel image -- not just vmlinux -- then the developer types "make" with
> no arguments.
>
> This is the 2.6 kernel standard, but I just got word that some arches
> don't follow this rule yet...
MIPS does so for those system that can't boot the vanilla vmlinux file.
Most current systems support direct loading of ELF binaries though.
Ralf
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* Re: arch-specific "make" target
2004-05-26 16:32 ` Ralf Baechle
@ 2004-05-26 16:43 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
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From: Geert Uytterhoeven @ 2004-05-26 16:43 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Ralf Baechle; +Cc: Jeff Garzik, Linux Arch list
On Wed, 26 May 2004, Ralf Baechle wrote:
> On Wed, May 26, 2004 at 12:16:59PM -0400, Jeff Garzik wrote:
> > I just wanted to confirm that all architectures generate a bootable
> > kernel image -- not just vmlinux -- then the developer types "make" with
> > no arguments.
> >
> > This is the 2.6 kernel standard, but I just got word that some arches
> > don't follow this rule yet...
>
> MIPS does so for those system that can't boot the vanilla vmlinux file.
> Most current systems support direct loading of ELF binaries though.
Same for m68k: all systems have a bootstrap that can boot (gzipped) ELF
images (vmlinux and vmlinux.gz). Some are even rumoured to boot bzipped ELF
images (vmlinuz.bz2).
make all -> vmlinux, vmlinux.gz
make zImage -> vmlinux.gz
make bzImage -> vmlinux.bz2
Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
Geert
--
Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- geert@linux-m68k.org
In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker. But
when I'm talking to journalists I just say "programmer" or something like that.
-- Linus Torvalds
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