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Re: decompression error: incorrect gzip header
- To: wyeepeng at dso dot org dot sg
- Subject: Re: [ECOS] decompression error: incorrect gzip header
- From: Mark Salter <msalter at redhat dot com>
- Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2001 07:30:59 -0400
- CC: ecos-discuss at sources dot redhat dot com
- References: <998547573.3b84a07583d72@webmail.dso.org.sg>
>>>>> wyeepeng writes:
> Hi,
> This is what I got after I executed:
> "lo -r -d -b 0x100000 /zImage"
> from the redboot of my ipaq to get the kernel thru tftp from my host pc.
> The zImage is a custom built kernel.
> I used "make zImage" to create the kernel.
> My gzip version is 1.3 (dated 1999-12-21) and my cross compile toolchain is
> from handhelds.org. arm-elf-gcc version 2.95.2.
> Is is becos of version conflicts?
No. The zImage file is self-extracting. It is not a pure gzip'ed file.
Normally, you load a zImage and jump to it. The zImage code itself
will then do the decompression.
--Mark