From: Andi Kleen Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] bnx2: factor out gzip unpacker Date: 21 Sep 2007 22:13:46 +0200 Message-ID: References: <200709211201.24475.vda.linux@googlemail.com> <200709211803.55554.vda.linux@googlemail.com> <20070921.104912.41646795.davem@davemloft.net> <200709211905.23946.vda.linux@googlemail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: David Miller , jeff@garzik.org, mchan@broadcom.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org To: Denys Vlasenko Return-path: Received: from ns2.suse.de ([195.135.220.15]:59391 "EHLO mx2.suse.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1761455AbXIUUNt (ORCPT ); Fri, 21 Sep 2007 16:13:49 -0400 In-Reply-To: <200709211905.23946.vda.linux@googlemail.com> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org Denys Vlasenko writes: > > I plan to use gzip compression on following drivers' firmware, > if patches will be accepted: > > text data bss dec hex filename > 17653 109968 240 127861 1f375 drivers/net/acenic.o > 6628 120448 4 127080 1f068 drivers/net/dgrs.o > ^^^^^^ Just change the makefiles to always install gzip'ed modules modutils knows how to unzip them on the fly. That will catch all the firmware and all the other code too. -Andi