<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2011/10/19 Tony Breeds <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:tony@bakeyournoodle.com">tony@bakeyournoodle.com</a>></span><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
<div><div></div><div class="h5">On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 09:18:14PM +0800, Ryan Wang wrote:<br>
> Hello,<br>
><br>
> I have some question about zImage, vmlinux and yaboot on IBM Power:<br>
> 1) vmlinux is wrapped into zImage if zImage is used.<br>
> 2) If yaboot is used, no zImage is needed, just vmlinux/initrd.<br>
> Are there words right?<br>
<br>
</div></div>Yes that's correct. Yaboot can boot either zImage or a vmlinux (and<br>
optional initrd).<br>
<br></blockquote><div>Sorry, I'm a little confused.<br>In the kennel doc,<br><a href="http://lxr.linux.no/#linux+v3.0.3/Documentation/powerpc/bootwrapper.txt">http://lxr.linux.no/#linux+v3.0.3/Documentation/powerpc/bootwrapper.txt</a><br>
it says zImage add boot wrapper to vmlinux.<br><br>If yaboot boot zImage, then the control would be<br> yaboot -> boot wrapper used by zImage -> vmlinux,<br>right?<br><br><br>thanks, <br></div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
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Yours Tony<br>
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