Re: How vmlinux is recognized?

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On Thu, May 12, 2011 at 1:39 AM, Mulyadi Santosa
<mulyadi.santosa@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Thu, May 12, 2011 at 03:04, Vikram Narayanan <vikram186@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> The vmlinux is an ELF binary. right? If so, Who does the unpacking of
>> raw binary image from that ELF?
>
> why do you put concern on vmlinux anyway? boot loader loads vmlinuz,
> not vmlinux....
Yes. I agree. But how who converts the ELF binary to raw binary so
that the processor understands. Or how is it actually done?

Thanks,
Vikram

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