On Fri, 6 Feb 2009, Belisko Marek wrote: > Hi, > > > > On Fri, Feb 6, 2009 at 3:16 PM, Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > a while back, i ran across a book(?) which had a great graphical > > representation of how the kernel was compiled, showing how the > > initially compiled source was compiled with piggy.o, how the initramfs > > was added to the mix, things were compressed, until you ended up with > > the final bootable kernel image. and now, i can't remember where i > > saw it. (it was a single diagram, going left to right showing how > > pieces got added one at a time.) > > > > anyone know what i'm talking about? > maybee this could help:http://free-electrons.com/doc/kernel-init/img0.html yup, that's the pic i was looking for, but i'm sure i actually saw it elsewhere in a book. no big deal, of course, but if anyone can refresh my memory as to what book it came from, that would be cool. it might have been a book specifically on embedded linux. perhaps chris hallinan's book? which i don't have in front of me at the moment. thanks. rday -- ======================================================================== Robert P. J. Day Linux Consulting, Training and Annoying Kernel Pedantry: Have classroom, will lecture. http://crashcourse.ca Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA ======================================================================== -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxx Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ
