vmlinx and ppcboot

[Wolfgang Denk]

In message <3E1F5FD6.4080107 at redswitch.com> you wrote:
>
> If I has ppcboot working and has a vmlinux.gz, do I need any other
> working boot code from the kernel tree? I mean, if my making a linux

No.

> kernel image 'make zImage' fails at the last step (building a zvmlinux),
> is the vmlinux.gz image built valid for ppcboot to boot the kernel?

No.

PPCBoot does not accept a vmlinux.gz image.  It  requieres  an  image
created by the mkimage tool. See the README that comes with PPCBoot.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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