vmlinux and bzImage

[William Gerik]

That's what I figured and what I gathered from the HOW-TO on this subject=
 at=20
YDL's website. The information I'm really looking for is why.

Why vmlinux and why not bzImage? What are the differences? What is vmlinu=
x=20
exactly? etc.

--
William Gerik
will@ih2000.net

On Sunday 17 November 2002 09:42, Drew Lane wrote:
> I haven't done this in a long while, but I think it should be
> 'make vmlinux' instead of 'make bzImage' when using PPC.
>
> Maybe someone with more experience can confirm.
>
> Drew
>
> William Gerik wrote:
> >This thread may actually belong to the yellowdog-newbies mailing list,=
 and
> > I apologize in advance if this comes off as a stupid question or if t=
his
> > is general knowledge to most.
> >
> >I'm in the process of compiling a new kernel and I've gotten as far as
> > using xconfig to configure the kernel exactly how I want it and runni=
ng
> > 'make dep' to make dependencies. Now this is where I'm getting confus=
ed.
> >
> >I haven't been able to find adequate documentation on compiling a kern=
el
> > in yellow dog (I read the how-to on ydl website, but it's lacking), b=
ut I
> > assumed it was pretty similar to doing it with any other x86 linux
> > distribution. I guess I was wrong.
> >
> >My next step in the kernel compilation was to 'make bzImage' and
> > everything seemed to work fine (I didn't see any errors). I went ahea=
d
> > and executed 'make modules' and 'make modules_install' and I expected=
 to
> > have a nice kernel image ready for me when this completed, but instea=
d I
> > can't find a bzImage anywhere on my system.
> >
> >All I really want to know is if I'm doing this right.  Is there some o=
ther
> >kernel image format I should be using or some other process I should b=
e
> >following to do this?
> >
> >A really detailed and extensive explanation would be greatly appreciat=
ed.
> >
> >--
> >William Gerik
> >will@ih2000.net
> >
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