Re: Kernel packages much smaller on trixie?

[Tim Woodall <debianuser@woodall.me.uk>]

On Sat, 16 Aug 2025, Tim Woodall wrote:

> I haven't migrated anything to trixie yet but I do have a test system.
>
> I've just done a kernel upgrade:
Answered my own question, the modules are now compressed:

/lib/modules/6.1.0-37-amd64/kernel/arch/x86/crypto:
total 1700
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  22955 May 22 19:32 aegis128-aesni.ko
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 535011 May 22 19:32 aesni-intel.ko
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  26019 May 22 19:32 blowfish-x86_64.ko


./6.12.27-amd64/kernel/arch/x86/crypto:
total 288
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  6036 May  6 19:33 aegis128-aesni.ko.xz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 25696 May  6 19:33 aesni-intel.ko.xz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  4748 May  6 19:33 blowfish-x86_64.ko.xz