> 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...
Your message came twice, each time different size, too ;-)
Seriously speaking - there's some info in kernel, like who compiled
it, whe, # of compilation etc. #of compilation is increased every time
you compile your kernel ;-).
---- I'm really pavel@atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz. Pavel Look at http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~pavel/ ;-).