[Gllug] error kernel compile

[Richard Jones]

On Tue, Dec 02, 2003 at 01:44:02PM +0000, itsbruce at uklinux.net wrote:
> 1.  zImages load into low memory (the first 640k) while bzImages load
> into high memory (above the 1M point).  Some older PCs will only boot a
> zImage and there may be some arcane reasone why you might use it on a
> more recent model.

This is correct of course. But to clarify, the *compressed* images get
loaded to different places. But after decompression, the kernel is
always located at the 1 MB (physical) mark. On i386 anyway.

As to what happens to the first 640K, I would assume it gets used just
like any other paged memory. In fact I'd be annoyed if it didn't :-) I
hope someone else can give us the right answer to that question.

Rich.

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