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Bug#960149: kmod: Enable support for gzip compressed kernel modules

From	Vagrant Cascadian <vagrant@debian.org>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.bugs.dist
Subject	Bug#960149: kmod: Enable support for gzip compressed kernel modules
Date	2020-05-10 00:40 +0200
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Package: kmod
Version: 26-1
Severity: wishlist
Tags: patch

Please consider enabling support for gzip compressed modules.

I see xz-compressed modules are supported, which is definitely useful,
but gzip compressed modules are also widely used, and have different CPU
vs. storage space tradeoffs.

Patch attached.

live well,
  vagrant

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