Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261444AbVECKpc (ORCPT ); Tue, 3 May 2005 06:45:32 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261446AbVECKpb (ORCPT ); Tue, 3 May 2005 06:45:31 -0400 Received: from animx.eu.org ([216.98.75.249]:37767 "EHLO animx.eu.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261444AbVECKp1 (ORCPT ); Tue, 3 May 2005 06:45:27 -0400 Date: Tue, 3 May 2005 06:45:03 -0400 From: Wakko Warner To: "Randy.Dunlap" Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: zImage on 2.6? Message-ID: <20050503104503.GA11123@animx.eu.org> Mail-Followup-To: "Randy.Dunlap" , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <20050503012951.GA10459@animx.eu.org> <20050502193503.20e6ac6e.rddunlap@osdl.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20050502193503.20e6ac6e.rddunlap@osdl.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6+20040907i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 940 Lines: 25 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 - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/