kernel image size...
just out of curiousity, if i do 'make clean ; make zImage' in
/usr/src/linux repeatedly and compare the size of
/usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot/zImage, should i expect to get the same
size image?
i'm currently burning in a computer by sticking it in such a loop, and
i'm saving the images, just to tax the filesystem a bit. this is a
partial listing of the images i've saved:
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 411115 Aug 8 23:25 zImage.26
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 411115 Aug 8 23:31 zImage.27
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 411115 Aug 8 23:37 zImage.28
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 411114 Aug 8 23:43 zImage.29
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 411115 Aug 8 21:05 zImage.3
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 411114 Aug 8 23:49 zImage.30
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 411115 Aug 8 23:55 zImage.31
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 411115 Aug 9 00:01 zImage.32
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 411118 Aug 9 00:07 zImage.33
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 411120 Aug 9 00:14 zImage.34
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 411121 Aug 9 00:20 zImage.35
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 411117 Aug 9 00:26 zImage.36
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 411122 Aug 9 00:32 zImage.37
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 411119 Aug 9 00:38 zImage.38
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 411121 Aug 9 00:44 zImage.39
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 411116 Aug 8 21:11 zImage.4
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 411121 Aug 9 00:50 zImage.40
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 411116 Aug 8 21:17 zImage.5
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 411116 Aug 8 21:23 zImage.6
the file sizes are pretty close, but the're not identical. of course,
i haven't actually tried any of these, but i have no reason to suspect
that they won't work. am i right, or should i conclude that this
machine has problems? thanks.
-alan
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