Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 19 Jan 2023 15:57:09 +0000 | From | Gary Guo <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] modpost: support arbitrary symbol length in modversion |
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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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