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
next prev parent 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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