why filename extensions? (Re: [PATCH] Compress kernel modules on installation.)

[Oleg Verych]

On Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 1:30 PM, Adrian Bunk <bunk@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>  depmod/modinfo/insmod/modprobe know only if you compile
>  module-init-tools with zlib support.
>
>  And what about the busybox versions?
>
>  A different name would e.g.:
>  - easily allow proper error handling if the userspace modules program
>   doesn't support the compression used
>  - better scale to support additional compressions
>  - give the user a hint what is happening and what might be the problem
>   when anythig goes wrong

Right...

http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.debian.devel.dpkg.general/8495
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