Re: [PATCH 1/2] kbuild: add target to install gzipped modules

On Fri, Dec 30, 2011 at 8:30 AM, Michal Marek [off-list ref] wrote:

On 29.12.2011 18:35, Lucas De Marchi wrote:

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The operation that is used most of the time is to load modules. The
reason for having modules gzipped is the same one as for kernel image:

The reason for having the kernel compressed is that the x86 bootloader
reads the kernel (and initrd) using bios calls. That's not the case for
modules.

It could be when it was added, but it's not anymore.


Really, I wouldn't like the discussion to be whether having compressed
modules is good or not, but rather if it's good to have a install rule
that does all the things the right way and only once, given people
*are using* compressed modules.

Lucas De Marchi