While we still aren't providing an uncompressed vmlinux image, it is now
possible to extract one from vmlinuz. The following Python script does
the job; give it the filename of the compressed image followed by the
filename for the uncompressed image.
Ben.
#!/usr/bin/python
import struct, zlib
def vmlinuz_to_image(f):
# We can't use gzip.GzipFile because that complains if there is
# trailing data, which is the case for ELFBoot kernel images.
# Use zlib directly.
zo = zlib.decompressobj(-15)
# Look for gzip-deflate header and find end of it
f.seek(0, 0)
head = f.read(65536)
off = head.index('\x1f\x8b\x08')
flags = ord(head[off + 3])
off += 10 # fixed header
if flags & 0x04: # FEXTRA
off += 2 + struct.unpack('<H', head[off:off+2])[0]
if flags & 0x08: # FNAME
off = head.index('\0', off) + 1
if flags & 0x10: # FCOMMENT
off = head.index('\0', off) + 1
if flags & 0x02: # FHCRC
off += 2
assert not (flags & 0xe0) # reserved
# Decompress following deflate blocks
f.seek(off)
image = zo.decompress(f.read()) + zo.flush()
# Verify decompressed data against gzip trailer
assert (struct.unpack('<LL', zo.unused_data[:8]) ==
(zlib.crc32(image) & 0xffffffffL, len(image)))
return image
if __name__ == '__main__':
import sys
vmlinuz = open(sys.argv[1], 'rb')
vmlinux = open(sys.argv[2], 'wb')
vmlinux.write(vmlinuz_to_image(vmlinuz))
### END ###
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Ben Hutchings
I say we take off; nuke the site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.
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