From: Kevin U. <ek...@dr...> - 2006-10-31 01:31:58
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Now that I actually "looked" instead of assuming everything... I see. Thank you. I appreciate all the help. Kevin ---------- Original Message ----------- From: "Dave Hylands" <dhy...@gm...> To: "General mailing list for gumstix users." <gumstix- us...@li...> Sent: Mon, 30 Oct 2006 17:27:31 -0800 Subject: Re: [Gumstix-users] Compressed Kernel? > Hi Kevin, > > On 10/30/06, Kevin Uhlir <ek...@dr...> wrote: > > Will the standard u-boot flashed at the factory support a compressed kernel > > on the jffs2 file system? > > That standard kernel is already a compressed kernel (well it's a > compressed kernel wrapped in a decompressor). > > The size of the uncompressed kernel is a bit over 2 Mb. The size of > the compressed kernel (and the uImage file) is about 750k. > > u-boot only thinks its an uncompressed kernel because it looks like > an executable and not a gzip file. This is because the gzipped > portion is wrapped in a decompressor, and thus u-boot is unaware of > the fact its compressed. > > If u-boot does support a compressed kernel (which I think it does) > you could save about 12k (the size of the decompressor). > > -- > Dave Hylands > Vancouver, BC, Canada > http://www.DaveHylands.com/ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? > Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your > job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based > on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel? cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 > _______________________________________________ > gumstix-users mailing list > gum...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gumstix-users ------- End of Original Message ------- |