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Date: Thu, 1 Jan 2009 09:27:46 +0100 From: Willy Tarreau <w@....eu> To: david@...g.hm Cc: Roland <devzero@....de>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...ozas.de>, Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org> Subject: Re: [PATCH] Compress kernel modules on installation On Fri, Dec 26, 2008 at 02:02:37PM -0800, david@...g.hm wrote: > On Fri, 26 Dec 2008, Roland wrote: > > >what about some "make modules_install_compressed" instead ? > > > >as i have run out of diskspace quite often when installing test kernels, i > >think we really need a feature like this. > > > >i`d also favour the makefile approach. > >why another kconfig option? > > > >jan`s patch looks clean and simple, but i think it`s a little bit > >intrusive... > > by default the main kernel is compressed, why should the modules not be > compressed by default as well? I've always compressed my modules for years, and I can say there is *one* situation where I uncompress them, it's before making an initrd or initramfs, because compressing an FS with many compressed files leads to a fairly bigger image than leaving them uncompressed on the compressed FS. Willy -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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