Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 27 Feb 2011 00:02:41 +0200 | From | Stratos Psomadakis <> | Subject | Re: Question about the vmlinuz file |
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On 02/26/2011 02:25 PM, Alvaro Aguilera wrote: > Hello, > > perhaps someone here has a couple of minutes to explain me the > difference between these two vmlinuz files from different > distributions: > > $file /boot/vmlinuz > /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.37-40-desktop: Linux/x86 Kernel, Setup Version > 0x20a, bzImage, Version 2.6.37, Version 2.6.37-40, RO-rootFS, root_dev > 0x301, swap_dev 0x4, Normal VGA > > $file /boot/vmlinuz > vmlinuz: ELF 64-bit LSB shared object, AMD x86-64, version 1, stripped > > the second file seems to be in ELF format and I cannot use it with my > cluster management software. > > Is there a parameter I can use to compile the kernel image in one > format or the other? or a tool to convert them? > > I couldn't find any hint on Google, nor I really know what exactly to look for. > > Thanks for any help. > Alvaro. > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vmlinux
You can find lots of info by googling vmlinux or bzImage.
Afaik, the first is a bzImage, ie a compressed and stripped down version of the vmlinux executable(which is the second one).
-- Stratos Psomadakis <psomas@ece.ntua.gr>
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