Why vmlinux.bin are changed from raw image to elf for x86 ?

2013-03-02 Thread Jacky
Hi All, Recently, I found that x86 vmlinux.bin are changed from raw image to elf, we can got it from the following objcopy flags: linux-3.7.x/arch/x86/boot/compressed/Makefileļ¼š OBJCOPYFLAGS_vmlinux.bin := -R .comment -S $(obj)/vmlinux.bin: vmlinux FORCE $(call if_changed,objcopy) we can

Re: Why vmlinux.bin are changed from raw image to elf for x86 ?

2013-03-02 Thread Valdis . Kletnieks
On Sat, 02 Mar 2013 16:36:43 +0800, Jacky said: The -O binary is removed. And I don't find any changelog. A quick course on researching kernel development history... Step 1: 'git blame arch/x86/boot/compressed/Maekfile' That gives us the line: 099e1377 (Ian Campbell2008-02-13