[OLPC-devel] mkelfImage woes

[Ronald G Minnich]

Carl-Daniel U. Hailfinger wrote:

> bzImage is 17904 bytes bigger than vmlinux.bin.gz for no apparent gain in our case. Bad.
> olpc-payload.elf is 17276 bytes bigger than bzImage and initrd combined. I have no idea why (except maybe decompression code).

it's the elfimage support code.

Also, note, I am no longer sure what, if anything, mkelfimage strips out 
of bzimage before using it.

ron