Re: Some questions about kernel tailoring

[dfsd df <tomcs163@yahoo.com.cn>]

Thanks again!

 

Because of the limitation of memory, I don't want to use YAMON.

Using gzip -9, I can get a kernel more small than the kernel made by "make zImage".

So I want to write a very simple bootloader and make a self-decompressed kernel.

 

But why everyone use "make zImage" instead of my method? That's what puzzles me? 

Stuart Longland <stuartl@longlandclan.hopto.org> wrote:

> dfsd df wrote:
> > Thanks for your reply!
> > 
> >>That's correct... 'vmlinux' is your kernel. mips
> >>doesn't use zImages.
> > 
> > But , the vmlinux is too big, Waht should I do? Is the
> > vmlinux already compressed?
>
> Normally you manually gzip it -- but it will largely depend on what the
> bootloader for your device expects. Incidentally, are you trying to
> boot the kernel directly, or via something like U-boot or YAMON?
> AFAIK these evaluation boards are not designed to directly boot a kernel.
>
> >>(PS... Please refrain from HTML email on this list)
> > Sorry, I'm a newbie, I really don't know what you
> > mean. :-)
>
> Rich text emails -- in layman's terms. Couple of reasons for this:
> * They do make the email slightly larger
> * Not everyone can see HTML
> * SPAM and Viruses commonly exploit
>  HTML
>
> Never mind though, as it seems your mail client has figured to use
> plaintext already. ;-)
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