Re: [PATCH 1/2] bnx2: factor out gzip unpacker

Andi Kleen
2007-09-21T20:14:01Z

Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux@googlemail.com> 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