# Re: \[PATCH\] modpost: support arbitrary symbol length in modversion

- From: Gary Guo \<gary@garyguo.net\>
- Date: 2023-01-19 15:57:50 
- List: linuxppc-dev
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/linuxppc-dev/2023/01/2072841
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-kbuild/2023/01/2062960/t.md

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