Re: compression support in kmod
Marco d'Itri wrote:
> Do we want it or not?
> And if we do, should we support gzip, XZ or both?
>
> From time to time some user requests enabling this feature, but since
> Debian kernels do not use it I am not sure that it is a good idea to add
> one or two library dependencies to kmod.
Does it speed up module loading at boot time (particularly for a distro
kernel, which needs to load many modules)?
I'd suggest testing both, and profiling system boot; if it speeds up
boot time by any measurable amount, it seems worthwhile.
- Josh Triplett
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