linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/3] kbuild: handle module compression while running 'make modules

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Message-ID: <8738crjj82.fsf@rustcorp.com.au>
Date:	Thu, 21 Aug 2014 00:34:13 +0930
From:	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>
To:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>,
	Bertrand Jacquin <beber@...eeweb.net>
Cc:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>, linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Willy Tarreau <w@....eu>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] kbuild: handle module compression while running 'make modules_install'.

Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org> writes:
>> I understand your concern about this, but does is make sense to not use
>> -9 when then following files use gzip or other compression tools with -9 :
>
> Just because someone else makes mistakes doesn't mean that you should
> make them too.

To be fair, you didn't provide hard numbers: *I* was surprised by the
results when I tested it.

Cheers,
Rusty.
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