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            "masta" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
: Does the -CURRENT kldload(8), and/or loader(8), understand how to
: decompress gzip/bzip kernel modules? I'm assuming it is possible, but I
: haven't seen that done in the wild, or documented.

Not really.  The boot loader loader can.  Without help, kldload can't.
However, I have a small script that does a simple:

        #!/bin/sh
        cp /modules/$1.ko.gz /tmp
        gunzip /tmp/$1.ko.gz
        kldload /tmp/$1.ko
        rm /tmp/$1.ko

Warner
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