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Message-ID: <20091024121421.2e530635@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Date:	Sat, 24 Oct 2009 12:14:21 +0100
From:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To:	Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...p.org>
Cc:	"Ryan C. Gordon" <icculus@...ulus.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH 2/2] binfmt_elf: FatELF support for kernel modules.

> Well, ideally a fat module would allow modules for multiple kernels to
> be bundled together (same and/or different architectures), which is
> primarily useful for 3rd-party binary distributions.

You would need thousands and thousands of binaries to do that. I'm not
sure the gigabyte sized module file would be too popular. It would be
easier to recompile it even automatically (take a look at the Dell stuff
for this)

Alan
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