Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753202AbYLZX2n (ORCPT ); Fri, 26 Dec 2008 18:28:43 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752356AbYLZX2e (ORCPT ); Fri, 26 Dec 2008 18:28:34 -0500 Received: from main.gmane.org ([80.91.229.2]:49638 "EHLO ciao.gmane.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752191AbYLZX2e (ORCPT ); Fri, 26 Dec 2008 18:28:34 -0500 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org From: Bill Davidsen Subject: Re: [PATCH] Compress kernel modules on installation Date: Fri, 26 Dec 2008 18:28:22 -0500 Message-ID: <49556896.8070307@tmr.com> References: <005401c96797$df055100$6602a8c0@bui.materna.com> <006201c967af$24c29740$6602a8c0@bui.materna.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org Cc: Jan Engelhardt , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Sam Ravnborg X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: pool-68-236-142-151.alb.east.verizon.net User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.19) Gecko/20081217 Fedora/1.1.14-1.fc9 SeaMonkey/1.1.14 In-Reply-To: <006201c967af$24c29740$6602a8c0@bui.materna.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1381 Lines: 34 Roland wrote: >> On Friday 2008-12-26 21:23, Roland wrote: >> >>> what about some "make modules_install_compressed" instead ? >>> >>> as i have run out of diskspace quite often when installing test >>> kernels, i >>> think we really need a feature like this. >>> >>> i`d also favour the makefile approach. >>> why another kconfig option? >>> >>> jan`s patch looks clean and simple, but i think it`s a little bit >>> intrusive... >> >> Why so? module-ini > > with "intrusive" i meant, that all modules are now compressed by default > and there is no switch to build them uncompressed. > so you change a long established default which may not be welcomed by > everyone and give no option for conservative people. > How many people use the option to install an uncompressed kernel? > we should take care and not break things. > default uncompressed, compressed implented as an option is a better > strategy, imho. > discuss changing the default at a later time then. > -- Bill Davidsen "We have more to fear from the bungling of the incompetent than from the machinations of the wicked." - from Slashdot -- 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/