Re: script for compiling the kernel

Marc Mutz (Marc@Mutz.com)
Sun, 04 Jul 1999 01:20:07 +0200

Hi Riley,

Riley Williams wrote:
>
> > - make bzImage the default for 2.2.x and later, since it does
> > run most of the time and zImage shuold be considered the
> > unusual case.
>
> NO !!!
>
> As far as my Toshiba T2110 is concerned, kernels made with your
> favoured "make bzImage" will NOT boot! Period!
>
> When somebody manages to fix bzImage so it ALWAYS works, then one can
> consider making it the default, but not otherwise...
>
But then: Does zImage always work? No. Not if you do not make most
things modules. So we'll end up with the question: What will work *more
often*? And I believe that be bzImage...

Marc

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Marc Mutz <Marc@Mutz.com>                    http://marc.mutz.com/
University of Bielefeld, Dep. of Mathematics / Dep. of Physics


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