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From: Wakko Warner <wakko@animx.eu.org>
To: "Randy.Dunlap" <rddunlap@osdl.org>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: zImage on 2.6?
Date: Tue, 3 May 2005 06:45:03 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20050503104503.GA11123@animx.eu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20050502193503.20e6ac6e.rddunlap@osdl.org>

Randy.Dunlap wrote:
> On Mon, 2 May 2005 21:29:51 -0400 Wakko Warner wrote:
> | Is it possible to use zImage on 2.6 kernels or is bzImage required?
> 
> What processor architecture?

x86.  Does zImage work on other arches?  (I've only ever dealt with alpha
and sparc other than x86)

> It's supported in arch/i386/Makefile (and some others).
> For i386, you'll need to disable enough (lots of) options to make the
> resulting output file small enough...

The resultant bzImage is ~760kb.  I compiled out everything I could, only
ram disk/initrd, and ext2 are compiled in.

If you'd like to see the .config, I'll send it up.

-- 
 Lab tests show that use of micro$oft causes cancer in lab animals

  reply	other threads:[~2005-05-03 10:45 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 28+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2005-05-03  1:29 zImage on 2.6? Wakko Warner
2005-05-03  2:35 ` Randy.Dunlap
2005-05-03 10:45   ` Wakko Warner [this message]
2005-05-03 14:26     ` Randy.Dunlap
2005-05-03 16:33       ` Wakko Warner
2005-05-03 16:59         ` Randy.Dunlap
2005-05-03 22:19           ` Wakko Warner
2005-05-03 22:27             ` segin
2005-05-03 22:31               ` Wakko Warner
2005-05-03 23:15                 ` segin
2005-05-04  0:28                 ` shogunx
2005-05-04  1:29                   ` Wakko Warner
2005-07-12  4:55                   ` H. Peter Anvin
2005-05-03 22:37             ` Randy.Dunlap
2005-05-03 23:05               ` Wakko Warner
2005-05-03 23:16                 ` Randy.Dunlap
2005-07-12  4:54           ` H. Peter Anvin
2005-05-03 18:28     ` Krzysztof Halasa
2005-07-12  4:58       ` H. Peter Anvin
2005-05-03 16:06 ` Rick Warner
2005-05-03 16:40   ` Wakko Warner
2005-05-03 18:01     ` Lennart Sorensen
2005-05-03 18:44     ` Brian Gerst
2005-05-03 22:20       ` Wakko Warner
2005-05-03 21:42     ` Rick Warner
2005-05-03 22:23       ` Wakko Warner
2005-07-12  5:00         ` H. Peter Anvin
2005-05-04 13:50 ` Wakko Warner

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