On Fri, Mar 11, 2011 at 9:37 AM, Thomas Bächler <tho...@archlinux.org>wrote:
> Am 11.03.2011 16:55, schrieb Thomas S Hatch: > > On Fri, Mar 11, 2011 at 5:50 AM, Thomas Bächler <tho...@archlinux.org > >wrote: > > > >> Am 11.03.2011 00:45, schrieb Thomas S Hatch: > >>> Wait, you are saying that insmod will load gzipped mods if compiled > >>> differently? > >>> > >> > >> No. depmod, modinfo and modprobe can do it, insmod can't. > >> > >> > > Thanks! > > Unfortunately I had to fix it with a dirty, dirty hack, and I will have > to > > write a substantial patch to libguestfs to fix it upstream, but at least > it > > works. > > Check out my horrid hack: > > > https://github.com/thatch45/archpkgs/blob/master/libguestfs/libguestfs.install > > > > While this works, I am open to suggestions :) I also think that this > script > > probably explains my conundrum better. > > > > It looks like it is much easier to teach insmod gzip. If I see this > right, it is actually trivial, although I did not try. module-init-tools > didn't have a git commit for 9 months, so I don't know how fast they > would accept a patch. > > Yes, that would make it easier, then the fix to libguestfs is very menial. I might look into it