[aklug] Re: Kernel image compression

bzip2 often gives slightly smaller kernels.
Copy the uncompressed kernel someplace, then run all 4 against it.
Smallest wins!

adam bultman wrote:
> 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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Received on Mon Sep 20 16:34:41 2010