On Thu, May 12, 2011 at 1:15 AM, Mulyadi Santosa <mulyadi.santosa@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 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... The vmlinux is an ELF binary. right? If so, Who does the unpacking of raw binary image from that ELF? > well, in that case, see this first: > $ file -k -z /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-31-generic This is the compressed one. The uncompression is done by the kernel and not by the grub, If I am not wrong. > /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.... I am still confused :( Thanks, Vikram _______________________________________________ Kernelnewbies mailing list Kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies
