Re: zImage is different sizes

Andi Kleen (andi@mind.aec.at)
22 Jun 1997 05:09:58 +0200


Dave Wreski <dave@nic.com> writes:

> Hi all. I'm wondering why multiple compiles of the kernel produce
> different sized zImages, despite using the same options. They differ by
> like +/- 10 bytes. This is all 2.0.30-pre2, if it makes a difference.
> There were no errors during any of the compiles, just warnings in random.c
> and 'needs config but has not included config file' messages...

The date in init/version.c changes always, and depending on the exact
byte pattern, gzip may compress better or worse.

-Andi