John Rye wrote: > > Scott Walker wrote: > > > > vmlinuz = compressed with gzip > > bzImage = compressed with bzip2 <- smallest foot print, but slower to load... > > So, there is an option 'somewhere' to select the gzip or bzip2 > footprint? I don't think so. I sent John my opinion via email but rethought this and decided that I should say something here. The difference between zImage and bzImage is which compression is used but vmlinux is an uncompressed file. It's also not an executable. I haven't traced the Makefile sequence but I suspect that it, like in other Linuxes, is a raw image of the compile and that a bit of code is added to make it bootable and then it's compressed with either bzip or gzip, the difference being determined by whether you type "make zImage" or "make bzImage." Cheers --- Larry
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