[aklug] Re: Kernel image compression

From: adam bultman <adamb@glaven.org>
Date: Mon Sep 20 2010 - 16:18:07 AKDT

You can also try stripping the kernel, to see if it gets any smaller. I
had to strip my gentoo sparc kernels to keep them under the limit, so
you can try that out.

Adam

On 09/20/2010 03:51 PM, Christopher Howard wrote:
> Of the four types of kernel image compression, which should give me the
> smallest kernel image? (And any negative side effects from not choosing
> the default?)
>
> 1) gzip (default)
> 2) bzip2
> 3) lmza
> 4) lzo
>
> In this case, I don't care about compression/decompression times -- just
> getting the smallest bzImage.
>
>

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Adam
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