Kernel Files
/boot/vmlinux - no compression and is old
/boot/vmlinuz - compressed with zlib or with higher compression use bzImage
[synman@server Documentation]$ file /boot/vmlinuz-5.14.16-101.fc33.x86_64
/boot/vmlinuz-5.14.16-101.fc33.x86_64:
Linux kernel x86 boot executable bzImage, version 5.14.16-101.fc33.x86_64
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#1 SMP Thu Nov 4 01:35:22 UTC 2021, RO-rootFS, swap_dev 0xA, Normal VGA
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