On Sun, 18 Jul 2004 16:07:26 +0800, cwinl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > hi,all > > http://ertw.com/blog/archives/make_bzimage_vs_make_zimage-170404.html > > someone tell me that the kernel made by 'make bzImage' is smaller then the one 'make > zImage' made it. > > is it correct?
Interesting article. I was always under the impression that zImage is gzip and bzImage bzip2, but clearly this is not the case. In terms of size, either of those would be smaller than a non-compressed alternative, but must be decompressed at boot time. If you can manage it, try to have a lean enough kernel so that you don't need to compress it at all; this will give you shorter boot times. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
