Re: Size of a kernel module is different at build place and after installation

[Emanoil Kotsev <deloptes@yahoo.com>]

sobtwmxt wrote:

>   I have built a custom kernel, using make-kpgk, from debian source.
> Using ls -l, there is difference in the size of kernel modules, .ko
> files, at build place and after installation of the package.  I
> only looked at 2 unrelated modules, but I think there will be a
> difference in the size of other modules too.  If that matters, I built
> the package on one machine, and installed it on another.  The later
> machine is an x86 running Ubuntu.  The former is x86 running Debian.
>   
> 1) Why there is size difference?

are you using the same filesystem on both (i.e. ext3)?

> 2) Can I compile modules on the Debian machine and copy the resulted
>    .ko files directly to the Ubuntu machine?

yes 

regards