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On Thu, 19 Jan 2023 16:18:57 +0100
Michal Such=C3=A1nek <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:
> >  =20
> > > And the additional 0's should compress well
> > > so I'm not sure the additional size is that much relevant here. =20
> >=20
> > I am not sure why compression is mentioned here. I don't think section
> > in .ko files are compressed. =20
>=20
> 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