On Thu, 26 Apr 2007, Michael Schmitz wrote: > > Yes, I heard large kernels must not be gzipped. > > > > I don't know what's the reason for this, as compressed kernels are gunzipped > > during loading. > > Maybe the boot loader overlaps with the loaded kernel image after it's > been uncompressed? Does amiboot handle this differently from ataboot? > (IIRC ataboot stores the uncompressed kernel image anywhere, and moves it > to phys. 0x0 just before jumping to kernel code)
IIRC, amiboot does the same. Gr{oetje,eeting}s, Geert -- Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker. But when I'm talking to journalists I just say "programmer" or something like that. -- Linus Torvalds -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]