clarification in building rootfs image with kernel image

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clarification in building rootfs image with kernel image

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09-23-2014, 02:06 AM	#1
ayyasprings Member Registered: Aug 2014 Posts: 118 Rep:	clarification in building rootfs image with kernel image Do i have to place cross compiled compressed image of the kernel(zImage) or uncompressed image(vmlinux) in / directory before building a rootfs image for an embedded board? When i checked in desktop os in /directory while running i saw the name 'vmlinux' like that. Is it due to the decompression of compressed zImage into vmlinux while running or we should actually place uncompressed image in the /directory? please clarify!

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