Re: general kernel question
On Sat, 17 Feb 2001, c-3 wrote:
> Date sent: Fri, 16 Feb 2001 16:57:59 -0500
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> From: Erik van Roode <newsposter@cthulhu.demon.nl>
> Subject: Re: general kernel question
> Forwarded by: debian-user@lists.debian.org
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> > At 10:32 PM 2/16/01 +0100, c-3 wrote:
> >
> > >I just wondered why the kernel is always compressed. Couldn't you
> > >save boot time, if it's not???
> >
> > Depends on the speed of the medium from which you read the kernel,
> > and the speed of the processor.
> >
> > If the processor can decompress faster than the medium can read, it makes
> > sense to compress the image.
>
> And is there a way to compile a non compressed kernel image?
AFAIK it is just: make vmlinux
Greetz,
Sebastiaan
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