linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Compress kernel modules on installation.

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Message-ID: <20080225221953.GX8953@1wt.eu>
Date:	Mon, 25 Feb 2008 23:19:54 +0100
From:	Willy Tarreau <w@....eu>
To:	Oleg Verych <olecom@...il.com>
Cc:	Steve Brokenshire <sbrokenshire@...tia.co.uk>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Compress kernel modules on installation.

On Mon, Feb 25, 2008 at 11:17:23PM +0100, Oleg Verych wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 25, 2008 at 10:42 PM, Steve Brokenshire:
> > Hi,
> >
> >  (I've sent this to the linux-kbuild and linux-kernel lists as this
> >  patch modifies the Makefile.modinst file. I also don't subscribe to the
> >  linux-kbuild and linux-kernel mailing lists so can I have any replies
> >  CC'ed to me please)
> 
> And what if i like bzip2 (yea sometimes better) or 7zip (better if !EMBEDDED)
> or whatever?
> 
> It's pure user/distro question.

not exactly, as only gzip is supported by module-init-tools. However,
if you come up with a patch to implement lzma or equivalent for
module-init-tools, it may be useful.

Willy

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