Re: linux-image-6.5.0-5-amd64: 474 MB; linux-image-6.6.13-amd64: 99.4 MB. Why? And should I care?

From	Vincent Blut <vincent.debian@free.fr>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.kernel
Subject	Re: linux-image-6.5.0-5-amd64: 474 MB; linux-image-6.6.13-amd64: 99.4 MB. Why? And should I care?
Date	2024-02-05 17:50 +0100
Message-ID	<I4akq-85Ya-29@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink)
References	<I49Rr-85Nu-19@gated-at.bofh.it>
Organization	linux.* mail to news gateway

Show all headers | View raw

[Multipart message — attachments visible in raw view] - view raw

Hi Ludovic,

Le 2024-02-05 17:13, Ludovic Brenta a écrit :
> Hello, kernel maintainers.
> 
> I see in aptitude that the size of the linux-image package is being
> reduced by almost 80%.  I have searched kernel logs (both upstream and
> Debian packaging) but could not find an explanation.  Does this imply
> that many kernel modules have disappeared?  I don't see ant new packages
> to contain these modules, though.  So: what happened, and should I care?

Nothing to worry about, modules are now compressed with XZ.
 
> Thanks a lot for your time
> 
> -- 
> Ludovic Brenta.
 
Cheers,
Vincent

Back to linux.debian.kernel | Previous | Next — Previous in thread | Find similar | Unroll thread

Thread

linux-image-6.5.0-5-amd64: 474 MB; linux-image-6.6.13-amd64: 99.4  MB.  Why?  And should I care? Ludovic Brenta <lbrenta@debian.org> - 2024-02-05 17:20 +0100
  Re: linux-image-6.5.0-5-amd64: 474 MB; linux-image-6.6.13-amd64:  99.4 MB.  Why?  And should I care? Vincent Blut <vincent.debian@free.fr> - 2024-02-05 17:50 +0100

csiph-web