Stefan Reinauer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > * Dave Belfer-Shevett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [040820 16:35]: > > When I do a 'file' on the new image, I see: > > > > /tftpbot/vmlinuz-2.tyan: ELF 32-bit LSB executable, Intel 80386, version > > 1 (SYSV), statically linked, corrupted section header size > > > > This image (bzImage) is an Opteron compiled kernel, which should be 64 > > bit, unless there's no real difference in the elf header. > > > > Sorry if this is sounding pretty whiny - I'm under a lot of pressure to > > get this all going :) > > The kernel normally switches from 16bit real mode to protected mode, and > from 32bit protected mode to 64bit long mode. > > After applying mkelfImage, the resulting kernel image is a 32bit image > that switches to 64bit long mode itself. Since LinuxBIOS on Opteron is > 32bit only, this is exactly what you want. > > No idea what goes wrong with the section header size though..
Some tools get upset when the see a ELF file with the option section header missing. They report that a section header size of 0 is ``corruption''. Eric _______________________________________________ Linuxbios mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.clustermatic.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios
