From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S273227AbTG3Sgg (ORCPT ); Wed, 30 Jul 2003 14:36:36 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S273228AbTG3Sgg (ORCPT ); Wed, 30 Jul 2003 14:36:36 -0400 Received: from dp.samba.org ([66.70.73.150]:31398 "EHLO lists.samba.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S273227AbTG3Sgf (ORCPT ); Wed, 30 Jul 2003 14:36:35 -0400 From: Rusty Russell To: Tomas Szepe Cc: Bas Mevissen Cc: Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: module-init-tools don't support gzipped modules. In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 30 Jul 2003 12:15:18 +0200." <20030730101518.GL4279@louise.pinerecords.com> Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2003 02:46:23 +1000 Message-Id: <20030730183635.0B82D2C097@lists.samba.org> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 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? Rusty. -- Anyone who quotes me in their sig is an idiot. -- Rusty Russell.