Re: zImage on 2.6?

[H. Peter Anvin]

Followup to:  <m3k6mg5fly.fsf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
By author:    Krzysztof Halasa <khc@xxxxxxxxx>
In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel
>
> Wakko Warner <wakko@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> 
> > x86.  Does zImage work on other arches?  (I've only ever dealt with alpha
> > and sparc other than x86)
> 
> Sure, ARM for example. 2 MB is not a problem.

That's a completely different meaning of zImage then.  The x86 boot
protocol (also used on x86-64) only allows 504K for zImage.

For x86, zImage is so dead it's not even funny.  I tried to remove it
a few years ago but people complained.

	-hpa
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