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20 years ago

Generating compressed kernel image

I tried "make zImage" and looks like the kernel itself does not have source to do this. Is there any method by which I can generate compressed kernel image. I am getting 2 MB image which is too b...
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20 years ago

Hi shakthi,

> Can any 1 help me generating compressed kernel image.

>

> I am using U-Boot and ep1c20 - altera eval board.

If you're using u-boot, just gzip the kernel binary:

$ gzip --best vmlinux.bin >> vmlinux.gz

Then use the compressed binary as the input when you run mkimage.

Regards,

--Scott