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Source: mkvmlinuz
Section: devel
Priority: optional
Maintainer: Debian Kernel Team <debian-kernel@lists.debian.org>
Uploaders: Sven Luther <luther@debian.org>, Jens Schmalzing <jensen@debian.org>
Build-Depends: docbook-to-man, debhelper (>= 4.0.0)
Standards-Version: 3.6.0
Package: mkvmlinuz
Architecture: powerpc
Depends: binutils
Description: create a kernel to boot a PowerPC machine from Open Firmware
.
This little program takes a PowerPC Linux kernel as an uncompressed
ELF image file (usually called vmlinux or somesuch) and adds boot
code and possibly a ramdisk to create a compressed kernel image that
can be booted directly from Open Firmware, thus eliminating the need
for a second-stage bootloader such as yaboot or quik. This is
especially useful on PowerPC sub-architectures that do not have a
bootloader at all, but may also come handy for install kernels,
netboot systems and the like.
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