After a build, check file size of bzImage (without initramfs) and bzImage.initramfs: $ ls -l export/images/bzImage-intel-x86-64.bin lrwxrwxrwx 1 xxxxxxx users 50 5? 4 10:31 export/images/bzImage-intel-x86-64.bin -> bzImage--4.1-r0.87-intel-x86-64-20160504021605.bin $ ls -l export/images/bzImage--4.1-r0.87-intel-x86-64-20160504021605.bin -rw-r--r-- 2 xxxxxxx users 7273384 5? 4 10:31 export/images/bzImage--4.1-r0.87-intel-x86-64-20160504021605.bin $ ls -l export/images/bzImage-initramfs-intel-x86-64.bin lrwxrwxrwx 1 xxxxxxx users 56 5? 4 10:31 export/images/bzImage-initramfs-intel-x86-64.bin -> bzImage-initramfs-4.1-r0-intel-x86-64-20160504021605.bin $ ls -l export/images/bzImage-initramfs-4.1-r0-intel-x86-64-20160504021605.bin -rw-r--r-- 2 xxxxxxx users 27806280 5? 4 10:31 export/images/bzImage-initramfs-4.1-r0-intel-x86-64-20160504021605.bin $ rpm -qpl --dump export/RPMS/intel_x86_64/kernel-image-bzimage-4.1.21-wr8.0.0.0-standard-4.1-r0.86.intel_x86_64.rpm 2>/dev/null /boot 4096 1462328769 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 040755 root root 0 0 0 X /boot/bzImage-4.1.21-WR8.0.0.0_standard 7273384 1462328779 fc94a936d4d78c24c9940325a3a824437fed7527ae2b4dcce60818c185fe2abd 0100644 root root 0 0 0 X As observed above, the RPM for kernel bzImage contains the bzImage without initramfs. This is unexpected result. $ ls -l export/dist/boot/ total 186544 lrwxrwxrwx 1 xxxxxxx users 39 5? 4 10:31 bzImage -> /boot/bzImage-4.1.21-WR8.0.0.0_standard -rw-r--r-- 1 xxxxxxx users 7273384 5? 4 10:26 bzImage-4.1.21-WR8.0.0.0_standard drwxr-xr-x 3 xxxxxxx users 4096 5? 4 10:17 efi -rw-r--r-- 1 xxxxxxx users 183543264 5? 4 10:26 vmlinux-4.1.21-WR8.0.0.0_standard the bundled kernel image is also unavailable in export/dist.