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Building the Linux Kernel Image

This section explains the steps taken during compilation of the Linux kernel and the output produced at each stage. The build process depends on the architecture so I would like to emphasize that we only consider building a Linux/x86 kernel.
When the user types 'make zImage' or 'make bzImage' the resulting bootable kernel image is stored as arch/i386/boot/zImage or arch/i386/boot/bzImage respectively. Here is how the image is built:

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