Bug 27673

Summary:	installkernel does not work with vmlinux on ppc
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Florian Friesdorf <flo>
Component:	Current packages	Assignee:	PPC Porters <ppc>
Status:	RESOLVED WONTFIX
Severity:	normal	CC:	drobbins
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	PPC
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---
Attachments:	patch to installkernel - kernels on ppc are handled correctly

Description Florian Friesdorf 2003-08-31 16:28:30 UTC

as kernels under ppc linux are not compressed, they are usually called vmlinux 
instead of vmlinuz. 
installkernel does not recognize vmlinux and therefore creates the wrong link 
and does not move the old link 

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1.cd /usr/src/linux 
2.build kernel 
3.installkernel <kernel-version> vmlinux System.map /boot 
Actual Results:  
System.map and config are handled fine. 
vmlinux is copied to /boot/vmlinuz-<kernel-version> 
and link vmlinuz is created. 
Old vmlinux link is still there 

Expected Results:  
vmlinux should be copied to /boot/vmlinux-<kernel-version> 
and link vmlinux should be created. 
Old vmlinux link should be moved to vmlinux.old

Comment 1 Florian Friesdorf 2003-08-31 16:32:55 UTC

Created attachment 16876 [details, diff]
patch to installkernel - kernels on ppc are handled correctly

the architecture is determined with arch
in case of ppc - vmlinux is used
otherwise it's vmlinuz

Comment 2 Lars Weiler (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2004-02-15 17:41:22 UTC

This script from debianutils is for i386-machines only.  For ppc just follow our instructions how to install a kernel (it's just a simple copy and yaboot-action).

Keep it short, I don't want to fix this bug.