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    SubjectRe: [PATCH] modpost: support arbitrary symbol length in modversion
    On Thu, 19 Jan 2023 16:18:57 +0100
    Michal Suchánek <msuchanek@suse.de> wrote:

    > On Thu, Jan 19, 2023 at 03:09:36PM +0000, Gary Guo wrote:
    > > On Tue, 17 Jan 2023 11:22:45 -0800
    > > Lucas De Marchi <lucas.demarchi@intel.com> wrote:
    > >
    > > > And the additional 0's should compress well
    > > > so I'm not sure the additional size is that much relevant here.
    > >
    > > I am not sure why compression is mentioned here. I don't think section
    > > in .ko files are compressed.
    >
    > There is the option to compress the whole .ko files, and it's commonly
    > used.

    Hi Michal,

    I am aware that there is an option but I am surprised to hear that it's
    commonly used. I don't think that's enabled by default, and certainly
    Debian/Ubuntu does not have it enabled.

    Best,
    Gary

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