From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([69.77.167.62] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LTljC-0004pK-WD for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 01 Feb 2009 23:27:51 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id AF91FE006E; Sun, 1 Feb 2009 23:27:48 +0000 (UTC) Received: from rv-out-0708.google.com (rv-out-0708.google.com [209.85.198.248]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 72D4AE006E for ; Sun, 1 Feb 2009 23:27:48 +0000 (UTC) Received: by rv-out-0708.google.com with SMTP id b17so1386992rvf.46 for ; Sun, 01 Feb 2009 15:27:48 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from :user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references:in-reply-to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=+0ERKnvW8DCLESIe6wM+Gffvh/I6+hnhj/G/ABmODwY=; b=SSpmoJnetyHBfmcwKg8OSC+1Hd2wwzk3xw43Jk34m6IUIfyUtES9Ihwkz1Q8lXOgMl JrL97WSvZqUHhy3MH5FSrVgaC7TvBqGTTZWFObD7PzDrv+pz3kIGI/TwztFm7jcq1bmZ VK3AUQeZtVe2jzUDJo1O4b7RHUG96jSZ9CWus= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=qMV95XZ3Ro+uZOXY++VfTiK+DyYJQDDrh1Ug4NrvpHYrcSyzrEZFW26eHbZzMxMAZf KUq/QW22S+6jZx4NDRuVufnyu97fDVxHFHZXtpTAAaRJttfRIYvkvx5mLGayKz798k0R DuoaMyFKtSHUwvBIoLvXw0WeN9qRBOMsOaSp4= Received: by 10.143.3.16 with SMTP id f16mr1254433wfi.344.1233530867949; Sun, 01 Feb 2009 15:27:47 -0800 (PST) Received: from ?4.231.84.84? (dialup-4.231.84.84.Dial1.Houston1.Level3.net [4.231.84.84]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 32sm1971701wfc.10.2009.02.01.15.27.44 (version=SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Sun, 01 Feb 2009 15:27:47 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <49862FED.3090103@gmail.com> Date: Sun, 01 Feb 2009 17:27:41 -0600 From: Dale User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.19) Gecko/20081227 SeaMonkey/1.1.14 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] When did bzImage move? References: <49850BBC.9060302@gmail.com> <200902010347.51639.volkerarmin@googlemail.com> <498614F3.6070208@konstantinhansen.de> <5bdc1c8b0902011337u5b4b4c66j5fcbcc3db779ae8b@mail.gmail.com> <49861C4D.6010505@gmail.com> <5bdc1c8b0902011508k1f8f710cm950c0daf7f520651@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <5bdc1c8b0902011508k1f8f710cm950c0daf7f520651@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: bccb6eed-3b63-4976-9d19-e8855a08dc4a X-Archives-Hash: 890c895fc9d49224273d76796448ece2 Mark Knecht wrote: > On Sun, Feb 1, 2009 at 2:03 PM, Dale wrote: > >> Mark Knecht wrote: >> >>> On Sun, Feb 1, 2009 at 1:32 PM, KH wrote: >>> >>> >>>> Volker Armin Hemmann schrieb: >>>> >>>> >>>>> On Sonntag 01 Februar 2009, Dale wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> Hi, >>>>>> >>>>>> I just rebuilt a newer kernel and noticed something. It seems bzImage >>>>>> has moved from arch/i386/boot/bzImage to arch/x86/boot/bzImage. When >>>>>> did this happen? Is x86 the same as i386? >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> yes. They merged the '386' and the amd64/x86_64 architecture into x86. >>>>> >>>>> And it happend a couple of kernel versions ago. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> I am running amd64 using 2.6.27-gentoo-r8 and in arch there still is x86 >>>> an x86_64. Am I doing anything wrong or did I just missanderstand you? >>>> >>>> kh >>>> >>>> >>> cd in there and look around. x86_64 only has a boot directory and when >>> you look at the bzImage file in it you find it's a link to >>> ../../x86/boot/bzImage so what's happening is all the files are under >>> x86 but if you say 'I built AMD64' and do cp arch/x86_64/boot/bzImage >>> you are really getting the file under x86. >>> >>> Hope this helps, >>> Mark >>> >>> >>> >>> >> Well, when I tried to copy the old way, it just copied the link itself, >> then when I looked in /boot, it was red and really upset. I had to copy >> the kernel with Konqeror to get it into /boot, after finding the stupid >> thing. Don't get mad at me, every time I copied it it was a broken >> link. Sometimes you got to do what you got to do. :/ >> >> Dale >> >> :-) :-) >> >> > > Dale, > There isn't a reason in the world why I'd get mad at you! :-)))) > > I guess I'm not sure I know what you mean by 'when I tried to copy > it the old way'. I think my kernel management is far less > sophisticated than what I'm reading the real Linux guys here do. I'm > embarrased to say that the only thing in my /boot directory is a bunch > of bzImage files and a grub subdirectory. I have nothing else. > Basically I build the kernel using make && make modules_install and > then copy the kernel by hand using > > cp arch/x86_64/boot/bzImage /boot/bzImage-2.6.27-gentoo-r8 > > or whatever the kernel is. I add that to grub.conf and I'm done. works for me. > > Possibly you've done more or less the same thing but using i386 > instead of x86_64 or x86? I think the i386/boot/bzImage file has > actually been a link to the x86 directory for awhile now. I looked in > an older 2.6.23 kernel on this machine and found an i386 directory but > didn't in the 2.6.24 kernel so I guess that's when things changed. > > Hope this helps, > Mark > > > I sort of do the way you do but I change the name so I know what version of kernel it came from and what version it is from my build. Sometimes I have to build three or four before I get what I want. I also copy the config over with the same naming scheme so I know which config goes with which kernel. I always keep two kernels in there but sometimes I get a dozen or more when I am testing new ones. The problem I ran into when I copied the old way, cp arch/i386/boot/bzImage /boot, that wasn't the kernel but was a link to the kernel in the x86 directory tree. When I copied the link then the link got broke and then it appeared red on my screen. I thought I was going nuts for a bit. I hadn't heard anything about the kernel being moved and it had been a while. I'm old and I do forget sometimes. I don't get mad about much either. It's just another day. I got enough things to worry about already. Dale :-) :-)