On Thu, May 12, 2011 at 02:31, Vikram Narayanan <vikram186@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > So in case of x86, say Grub will be taking care of this extraction. Right? > If, so the grub code will have the mechanisms for extracting the raw > binary from ELF. > Am i right? you mean, vmlinuz right? the bzImage right? not the vmlinux.... because that's the one GRUB handles...not vmlinux one... well, in that case, see this first: $ file -k -z /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-31-generic /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-31-generic: Linux kernel x86 boot executable bzImage, version 2.6.32-31-generic (buildd@rothe, RO-rootFS, root_dev 0x801, swap_dev 0x3, Normal VGA\012- x86 boot sector, code offset 0x5 i am sure you will get idea based upon the above file identification, on what vmlinuz is and how is it supposed to be treated by boot loader.... -- regards, Mulyadi Santosa Freelance Linux trainer and consultant blog: the-hydra.blogspot.com training: mulyaditraining.blogspot.com _______________________________________________ Kernelnewbies mailing list Kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies
