Stefan Fiedler:

package/base/linux/linux.conf

@@ -422,14 +422,19 @@ main_lx() {
 		done
 		;;
 	    sparc)
+		# sparc doesn't seem to support gzipped kernel images
 		if [ "$treever" = 24 ] ; then
 			eval $MAKE vmlinux
+			cp -a vmlinux $root/boot/vmlinux32_${lx_kernelrelease}
+			if [ "$xpkg" = "$ROCKCFG_PKG_LINUX_DEFAULT" ]; then
+				ln -svf vmlinux32_${lx_kernelrelease} $root/boot/vmlinux32
+			fi
 		else
 			eval $MAKE image
-		fi
-		gzip -9 < vmlinux > $root/boot/vmlinux32_${lx_kernelrelease}.gz
-		if [ "$xpkg" = "$ROCKCFG_PKG_LINUX_DEFAULT" ]; then
-			ln -svf vmlinux32_${lx_kernelrelease}.gz $root/boot/vmlinux32.gz
+			cp -a arch/sparc/boot/image $root/boot/image_${lx_kernelrelease}
+			if [ "$xpkg" = "$ROCKCFG_PKG_LINUX_DEFAULT" ]; then
+				ln -svf image_${lx_kernelrelease} $root/boot/image
+			fi
 		fi
 		;;
 	    sparc64)
@@ -471,11 +476,12 @@ main_lx() {
 				INSTALL_MOD_PATH=$root DEPMOD=/bin/true
 		else
 			eval $MAKE modules_install DEPMOD=/bin/true
-			echo "Running 'depmod -a -q -F /boot/System.map ${lx_kernelrelease}' .."
-			depmod -a -q -F /boot/System.map-${lx_kernelrelease} ${lx_kernelrelease}
-			for x in /lib/modules/${lx_kernelrelease}/modules.*
-			do [ -f $x ] && add_flist $x; done
 		fi
+		echo "Running 'depmod -a -F ${root}/boot/System.map -b ${root:-/} ${lx_kernelrelease}' .."
+		depmod -a -F ${root}/boot/System.map-${lx_kernelrelease} \
+			-b ${root:-/} ${lx_kernelrelease}
+		for x in ${root}/lib/modules/${lx_kernelrelease}/modules.*
+		do [ -f $x ] && add_flist $x; done
 	else
 		echo "No module support configured for this kernel ..."
 		mkdir -p $root/lib/modules/${lx_kernelrelease}