Messages in this thread | | | From | Rusty Russell <> | Subject | Re: module-init-tools don't support gzipped modules. | Date | Thu, 31 Jul 2003 02:46:23 +1000 |
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In message <20030730101518.GL4279@louise.pinerecords.com> you write: > > [ml@basmevissen.nl] > > > > >The possibility of compressing the modules is interesting, like for > > >example in cases of construction of small systems or initrd. > > > > In both cases, you might use a compressed file system. Maybe you better > > try to save memory and disk space by compressing less critical stuff > > than kernel modules. > > It's a valid feature request nonetheless.
I agree, but I believe almost anything is a valid feature request.
I don't want to require zlib, though. The modutils I have (Debian) doesn't support it, either.
It's fairly trivial patch, which probably is best as an add-on (which I think RH do?
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