Re: {b,}zImage - non-x86 (was Re: bzImage and zImage)

Thomas Pornin (bip@nostromo.ens.fr)
Sun, 28 Jun 1998 16:26:03 +0200

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In article <Pine.LNX.3.96.980628000444.9154A-100000@earth.terran.org> you write:
>> bzImage requires newer versions of the various loaders.
>
>How does this relate to loaders for non-x86 architectures? For instance, I
>have recently switched to Alpha and am building with "make boot" (based on
>perusal of the Makefile; I can find no documentation).

It does not relate at all. The (b)zImage stuff is related to the very
old 640kB memory barrier in PC architecture. Alpha and others do not suffer
from such a pathetic design. "make boot" is the way to go on an Alpha.

--Thomas Pornin

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