On Thu, 16 Sep 1999, Simon Taplin wrote:
> Whats the difference in performance, kernel size, any difference
> between using, zImage, bzImage and vmlinux?
zImage and bzImage just have a different bootloader, so once running they
are identical. bzImage allows for larger kernels.
vmlinux is the original uncompressed kernel. It is used to make zImage or
bzImage, but can't boot itself. Basically, if you boot from a zImage or
bzImage, it starts by decompressing, thereby restoring the original
vmlinux in memory.
Frank
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