From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2004 17:32:03 +0100 (CET) From: Marius Groeger To: Bob Beck Cc: linuxppc-embedded@lists.linuxppc.org Subject: Re: ADS860 - unable to load kernel- Bad magic number In-Reply-To: <1077816291.4242.6.camel@budweiser> Message-ID: References: <1077816291.4242.6.camel@budweiser> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-linuxppc-embedded@lists.linuxppc.org List-Id: On Thu, 27 Feb 2004, Bob Beck wrote: > What is the difference between vmlinux and zImage.embedded ? vmlinux is the plain kernel ELF image. You can use it to analyse the kernel code or symbols, but you cannot boot it as-is. zImage.embedded is the compressed kernel image plus some glue code used as a bridge between the firmware and the kernel. Regards, Marius -- Marius Groeger Project Manager SYSGO Real-Time Solutions AG | Embedded and Real-Time Software Am Pfaffenstein 14 55270 Klein-Winternheim, Germany Voice: +49-6136-9948-0 | FAX: +49-6136-9948-10 www.sysgo.com | www.elinos.com | www.osek.de ** Sent via the linuxppc-embedded mail list. See http://lists.linuxppc.org/