linux-kernel - Can we get rid of zImage this time?

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Date:	Mon, 11 Jun 2007 16:52:44 -0700
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Can we get rid of zImage this time?

I brought this up a few years ago, and had it shot down, because of a
few poorly substantiated claims of zImage-only machines; those claims
really need to be debugged since they might indicate A20-related failures.

Anyway...

Can we please kill zImage?  In addition to be completely useless for
modern kernels, it causes unnecessary complexity in boot loaders.

	-hpa
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