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Re: what's the diff between 'make bzImage' and 'make zImage' while compiling kernel?



On Sun, 2004-07-18 at 04:07, cwinl wrote:
> hi,all
> 
> http://ertw.com/blog/archives/make_bzimage_vs_make_zimage-170404.html
> 
> someone tell me that the kernel made by 'make bzImage' is smaller then
> the one 'make zImage' made it.
> 
> is it correct?

No. zImage and bzImage use the same compression type. the "b" stands for
Big. As in "Big Memory" or "High memory". IOW it could be akin to the
DOS "LOADHIGH" command.
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