What Is bzImage in Linux?
Contents bzImage. the bzImage Is the Compressed Kernel Image Created with Command ‘Make bzImage’ During Kernel Compile. It Important to Note That bzImage Is...
bzImage. The bzImage is the compressed kernel image created with command ‘make bzImage’ during kernel compile. It important to note that bzImage is not compressed with bzip2 !! The name bz in bzImage is misleading!! It stands for “Big Zimage”.
What is make bzImage?
“make bzImage” creates a bzip2 compressed kernel image (in arch/<arch>/build/bzImage). The kernel will be smaller, but might take a few seconds to uncompress on slow machines.
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