Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S269509AbTG3KPj (ORCPT ); Wed, 30 Jul 2003 06:15:39 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S270007AbTG3KPj (ORCPT ); Wed, 30 Jul 2003 06:15:39 -0400 Received: from louise.pinerecords.com ([213.168.176.16]:13207 "EHLO louise.pinerecords.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S269661AbTG3KPi (ORCPT ); Wed, 30 Jul 2003 06:15:38 -0400 Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2003 12:15:18 +0200 From: Tomas Szepe To: Bas Mevissen Cc: Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, rusty@rustcorp.com.au Subject: Re: module-init-tools don't support gzipped modules. Message-ID: <20030730101518.GL4279@louise.pinerecords.com> References: <20030730062245.382c5dad.vmlinuz386@yahoo.com.ar> <3F2799B3.3020109@basmevissen.nl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3F2799B3.3020109@basmevissen.nl> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 661 Lines: 18 > [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. -- Tomas Szepe - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/