From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Grzesiek_S=F3jka?= Subject: Re: OT: compilation Date: Thu, 07 Oct 2010 22:38:09 +0200 Message-ID: <4CAE2FB1.3000603@pfu.pl> References: <4CAE2A1B.1000105@pfu.pl> <20101007233420.1f763477@daedalus.pq.iki.fi> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"; Format="flowed" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20101007233420.1f763477-cxYvVS3buNOdIgDiPM52R8c4bpwCjbIv@public.gmane.org> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: nouveau-bounces+gcfxn-nouveau=m.gmane.org-PD4FTy7X32lNgt0PjOBp9y5qC8QIuHrW@public.gmane.org Errors-To: nouveau-bounces+gcfxn-nouveau=m.gmane.org-PD4FTy7X32lNgt0PjOBp9y5qC8QIuHrW@public.gmane.org To: Pekka Paalanen , nouveau-PD4FTy7X32lNgt0PjOBp9y5qC8QIuHrW@public.gmane.org List-Id: nouveau.vger.kernel.org On 10/07/10 22:34, Pekka Paalanen wrote: > On Thu, 07 Oct 2010 22:14:19 +0200 > Grzesiek S=F3jka wrote: > >> I have two problems with the kernel compilation. >> >> 1. I have a small rootfs. It is too small to put all the modules >> there without gzipping it first. So installing it requires lots >> of sweating. That is why I was wondering if there is a (more/less >> easy) way to make the "make modules_install" command gzip the >> modules "on the fly". > > Wait, does modprobe support compressed kernel modules? I've Yes, it does. I thing that most of the distribution pre-compiled kernels = does have gziped modules. > never heard of that. If you really do not want to touch > the partitioning, how about symlinking some directories > elsewhere? Be careful on what is needed to boot, though. Wrong idea. I already tried this.