kernel presentation at ILUG on Sat.

[Charles Steinkuehler]

Jason Clinton wrote:

> I'm almost completely positive that BZip2 is used if your make target is 
> bzImage. Doesn't make target "install" create a gzip image?

No, bzImage and zImage are *BOTH* gzipped.  The difference is in the 
boot-loader (aka "pull your self up from your bootstraps") code, and the 
resulting difference in allowed gzipped kernel size.  If you look in the 
arch/i386/boot directory of your kernel tree, you'll find two different 
versions of various bootstrap files, one for "traditional" linux, when 
the kernel was smaller (with a 512K limit for total kernel size), and 
one for "bigger" images, with a leading "b" to indicate the difference, eg:

bbootsect.s <> bootsect.S
bsetup.s <> setup.S

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Charles Steinkuehler
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