ppc64le bzImage and Build_id elf note

Segher Boessenkool segher at kernel.crashing.org
Thu Jun 9 03:36:27 AEST 2022


On Wed, Jun 08, 2022 at 09:52:25PM +1000, Michael Ellerman wrote:
> What's the motivation for using the zImage?

You cannot boot a vmlinux from OF directly, with most PowerPC OF
implementations.  You *can* boot a zImage directly (with some
trickery sometimes).  That is one reason to use zImage, probably not
a very important reason for most people though.


Segher


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