Hi Daniel On 22/11/11 21:59, Daniel Baluta wrote: > On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 12:46 PM, Graeme Russ <graeme.russ@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Hi All, >> >> Hopefully this will help demystify the build process >> >> Notation: >> <primary input file> (<file size in bytes>) >> | >> + <additional input file> >> | >> * <command> >> | >> \-> <output file> (<file size in bytes>) >> >> The file sizes are arbitrary and are based on the current configuration >> options I have set for a small kernel. They are simply there to illustrate >> the relative differences in file sizes. > > Great! Thanks for sharing this. Your welcome :) > >> Note that vmlinux.o is not used to generate bzImage but I've included it >> for completeness > > [...] >> + net/built-in.o >> | >> * ld -m elf_i386 -r -o vmlinux.o >> | >> \->vmlinux.o (2,889,050) > > What is the purpose of vmlinux.o then? I don't know - Anyone? Regards, Graeme _______________________________________________ Kernelnewbies mailing list Kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies
