Re: script for compiling the kernel

Steffen Evers (tron@cs.tu-berlin.de)
Mon, 12 Jul 1999 21:10:33 +0200


Hello Riley.

Riley Williams wrote:
> [...]
> Q> make zImage
> Q> if [ $? -gt 0 -a -f vmlinux ]; then
> Q> make bzImage
> Q> fi
> Q> exit $?
> [...]
I like that.
Does it also handle the problem that you've described below ? Was
vmlinux generated in that case ?

Riley Williams wrote:
> [...]
> I've had zImage fail and bzImage not fail due to a problem with the
> setup dependancy that wasn't there with the bsetup dependancy. The
> root cause was that the kernel was too big, but it hit in a different
> place, and didn't produce the "Kernel is too big" message as a result.
> [...]

Bye,
Steffen

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