Re: It's time to get rid of zImage

From: H. Peter Anvin (hpa@transmeta.com)
Date: Thu Jun 15 2000 - 16:47:48 EST


Ed Carp wrote:
>
> H. Peter Anvin (hpa@transmeta.com) writes:
>
> > Ed Carp wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Unless someone gives me a *CONCRETE* example on a machine which *STILL*
> > > > doesn't boot bzImage (and boots zImage), I don't believe this statement
> > > > anymore.
> > > >
> > > > If someone has a concrete specimen, contact me.
> > >
> > > HPA can't read. PPC doesn't support bzImage. How many times does it have to
> > > be said? And "older Dell laptops" sounds pretty CONCRETE to me.
> > >
> >
> > PPC doesn't boot zImage either (see the sentence above), so what's your
> > brain damage?
>
> Really? Funny, I boot zImage on PPC boxes every day...
>

So where does the "PPC boots vmlinux.gz" statement that someone posted
come from?

Either way, if I haven't made this 100.5% clear yet... THIS IS AN X86
ONLY DISCUSSION, DAMMIT...

        -hpa

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