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Description of problem: # file /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-* /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-131.2.1.el6.ppc64: ELF 64-bit MSB shared object, 64-bit PowerPC or cisco 7500, version 1 (SYSV), statically linked, stripped /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-131.2.1.el6.ppc64.debug: ELF 64-bit MSB shared object, 64-bit PowerPC or cisco 7500, version 1 (SYSV), statically linked, stripped /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-131.4.1.el6.ppc64: ELF 64-bit MSB shared object, 64-bit PowerPC or cisco 7500, version 1 (SYSV), statically linked, stripped /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-131.4.1.el6.ppc64.debug: ELF 64-bit MSB shared object, 64-bit PowerPC or cisco 7500, version 1 (SYSV), statically linked, stripped /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-71.el6.ppc64: ELF 64-bit MSB shared object, 64-bit PowerPC or cisco 7500, version 1 (SYSV), statically linked, stripped Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): file-5.04-9.el6 How reproducible: always Expected results: something similar to x86_64 output on x86_64: file /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-71.el6.x86_64 /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-71.el6.x86_64: Linux kernel x86 boot executable bzImage, version 2.6.32-71.el6.x86_64 (mockbuild, RO-rootFS, root_dev 0x901, swap_dev 0x3, Normal VGA
I was trying to find something useful in ppc kernels to identify it as kernel instead of PowerPC binary, but I haven't found anything which could be used. There's no header like in i386 kernels and also no special bytes anywhere to identify it. I will close it as WONTFIX.