From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753304AbYLZXtc (ORCPT ); Fri, 26 Dec 2008 18:49:32 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752354AbYLZXtX (ORCPT ); Fri, 26 Dec 2008 18:49:23 -0500 Received: from fmmailgate01.web.de ([217.72.192.221]:40794 "EHLO fmmailgate01.web.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752241AbYLZXtX (ORCPT ); Fri, 26 Dec 2008 18:49:23 -0500 Message-ID: <00aa01c967b4$8ffc2350$6602a8c0@bui.materna.com> From: "Roland" To: Cc: , "Jan Engelhardt" Subject: Re: [PATCH] Compress kernel modules on installation Date: Sat, 27 Dec 2008 00:49:15 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.3138 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3350 X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX1+FiNk90jmOyv0MQDPs+IsG4m8nX4eGtZqzvAdB 2FLZswtQYkGfpAZzF0fjXFdWe3cY9HCdzyGW8i96Iw6le7F1sF MrqeZURHE= Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > >>> 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? i don`t know, probable few to none on pc/server hardware, but things may look different in embedded sector... btw, here is some real-world data on compression and block-alignment: kernel 2.6.27.8 (du -sk) (du -sk --apparent-size) uncompressed 72140 66554 gzip 29988 25447 gzip -9 29892 25374 roland