Messages in this thread | | | From | Bill Davidsen <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Compress kernel modules on installation | Date | Fri, 26 Dec 2008 18:28:22 -0500 |
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Roland wrote: >> On Friday 2008-12-26 21:23, 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... >> >> Why so? module-ini > > with "intrusive" i meant, that all modules are now compressed by default > and there is no switch to build them uncompressed. > so you change a long established default which may not be welcomed by > everyone and give no option for conservative people. > How many people use the option to install an uncompressed kernel?
> we should take care and not break things. > default uncompressed, compressed implented as an option is a better > strategy, imho. > discuss changing the default at a later time then. >
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