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From: Ian Campbell <ijc@hellion.org.uk>
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On Wed, 2009-03-11 at 10:03 -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> Woody Suwalski wrote:
> >>   
> > If x86-only - OK.
> > 
> > However zImage is the format used on ARM quite often... So any "kernel
> > complexity removal" need to happen only on x86 side.
> > 
> 
> I have no idea about ARM zImage... the whole zImage vs bzImage is pretty
> x86-specific in the first place, so yes, I was referring to x86
> specifically.

Is there any point in just making bzImage==zImage for x86?

I lost count of the number of times I've explained that bzImage has
nothing to do with bzip...

Ian.

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