cp x86 or x86_64

Gentoo4Work · n00b Joined: 20 Mar 2010 Posts: 39

Simple question...

I'm on an x86_64-based machine, 5500 series Xeons. The handbook says that after compiling a kernel to copy the bzImage located in arch/x86_64. My conundrum is this: after compilation, I have bzImage in both arch/x86_64 AND arch/x86. Moreover, watching the compilation it seems as if most modules, etc., are being pulled from the x86 directory, and, when complete, I get the message arch/x86/.../bzImage now ready -- no message about x86_64 -- but there's a bzImage located there, too.

Kernel is compiled with SMP and Core2 as proc family, if it makes any difference.

So which do I use?

platojones · Posted: Sun Mar 21, 2010 10:14 pm Post subject:

On my system, the bzImage in x86_64/boot is just a symlink to the one in x86/boot. You only get one bzImage, and it's 64 bit.

Gentoo4Work · n00b Joined: 20 Mar 2010 Posts: 39

Very cool, thank you.

Mad Merlin · Veteran Joined: 09 May 2005 Posts: 1155

FWIW, the x86 and x86_64 trees in the kernel were merged into just the x86 tree a few releases back.
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