Re: Kernel compile problem

[nospam [at] south-of-heaven.demon.co.uk]

> > I'll have another go with the kernel compile - I wonder if it needs a
> > bzImage rather than a zImage? I'm sure last time I made a big kernel though
> > it told me and din't make an image at all.
> 
> No, if it needed bz'ing it would say. I can't believe that the kernel
> image would be big enough to require bz'ing. Probably a good idea to go
> through all the individual options again and double check them.

It's very easy to need a bzImage (Big Z Image).
A standard zImage is limitted to around 480kb (there may be an official
limit in the docs somewhere, but that's where I found I needed it).
My current 2.3.45 kernel is well over 500k.
 

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