[aklug] Re: Kernel image compression

One of the things I ran into when deciding what to put on that Cobalt
Qube Mike let me have is the Kernel size when using (or trying to use)
the original firmware. It was a large part of why I opted for NetBSD
instead of a regular Linux.

What the people at www.linux-mips.org were recommending was: "strip
vmlinux", followed by "gzip -9 vmlinux".

http://www.linux-mips.org/wiki/Cobalt_Firmware#Kernel_is_too_large

Jim G

On Mon, 2010-09-20 at 15:51 -0800, 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 17:02:04 2010