Marco d'Itri wrote: > Do we want it or not? > And if we do, should we support gzip, XZ or both? > > From time to time some user requests enabling this feature, but since > Debian kernels do not use it I am not sure that it is a good idea to add > one or two library dependencies to kmod.
Does it speed up module loading at boot time (particularly for a distro kernel, which needs to load many modules)? I'd suggest testing both, and profiling system boot; if it speeds up boot time by any measurable amount, it seems worthwhile. - Josh Triplett
