Subject: bug#48846: closed (Re: bug#48846: [PATCH core-updates 0/2] Update kmod to 29 and add zstd support)

From: [email-masked] (GNU bug Tracking System)
Date: Thu, 08 Jul 2021 17:28:02 +0000

Your bug report

#48846: [PATCH core-updates 0/2] Update kmod to 29 and add zstd support

which was filed against the guix-patches package, has been closed.

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Subject: Re: bug#48846: [PATCH core-updates 0/2] Update kmod to 29 and add zstd support
From: Mathieu Othacehe <[email-masked]>
To: Brice Waegeneire <[email-masked]>
Cc: [email-masked]
Date: Thu, 08 Jul 2021 19:26:49 +0200
List-Id: <debbugs-submit.debbugs.gnu.org>

Hey,

> Kernel modules are currently compressed with gzip.  In the future switching to
> zstd should reduce their size furthermore as well as there load time.

Pushed this one. I'll be glad to review a follow-up series enabling zstd
compression for kernel modules :).

Thanks,

Mathieu

Subject: [PATCH core-updates 0/2] Update kmod to 29 and add zstd support
From: Brice Waegeneire <[email-masked]>
To: [email-masked]
Date: Sat, 5 Jun 2021 13:00:17 +0200
List-Id: <debbugs-submit.debbugs.gnu.org>

Kernel modules are currently compressed with gzip.  In the future switching to
zstd should reduce their size furthermore as well as there load time.

Brice Waegeneire (2):
  gnu: kmod: Update to 29.
  gnu: kmod: Add zstd support.

 gnu/packages/linux.scm | 11 ++++++-----
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

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