From: Wakko Warner <wakko@animx.eu.org>
To: Brian Gerst <bgerst@didntduck.org>
Cc: Rick Warner <rick@microway.com>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: zImage on 2.6?
Date: Tue, 3 May 2005 18:20:55 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20050503222055.GD12199@animx.eu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4277C6A4.3070409@didntduck.org>
Brian Gerst wrote:
> Wakko Warner wrote:
> >Please keep me CCd
> >As far as my question, it still stands. Is bzImage required (i386/x86) for
> >a 2.6 kernel?
> >
>
> More or less yes. As you're finding out, it's very difficult to build a
> functioning 2.6 kernel that fits the size requirements of the zImage
> format. Really, the zImage format is not needed anymore. It was only
> kept around because a small number of ancient BIOSes failed to load the
> bzImage format with the now defunct floppy boot block. There is no size
> difference in the resulting zImage or bzImage, only the load address is
> different.
Ok, thanks. Definately wanted to know this. The kernel will always be
loaded by some boot loader (be it grub or syslinux)
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2005-05-03 22:21 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
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 [this message]
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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