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

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

[Brice Waegeneire]

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(-)

-- 
2.31.1

[bug#48846] [PATCH core-updates 1/2] gnu: kmod: Update to 29.

[Brice Waegeneire]

* gnu/packages/linux.scm (kmod): Update to 29.
---
 gnu/packages/linux.scm | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/gnu/packages/linux.scm b/gnu/packages/linux.scm
index cf020a153b..ec223680fb 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/linux.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/linux.scm
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
 ;;; Copyright © 2020 Chris Marusich <cmmarusich@gmail.com>
 ;;; Copyright © 2020 Vincent Legoll <vincent.legoll@gmail.com>
 ;;; Copyright © 2020 Jan (janneke) Nieuwenhuizen <janneke@gnu.org>
-;;; Copyright © 2020 Brice Waegeneire <brice@waegenei.re>
+;;; Copyright © 2020, 2021 Brice Waegeneire <brice@waegenei.re>
 ;;; Copyright © 2020 Morgan Smith <Morgan.J.Smith@outlook.com>
 ;;; Copyright © 2020 John Soo <jsoo1@asu.edu>
 ;;; Copyright © 2020 Michael Rohleder <mike@rohleder.de>
@@ -3362,7 +3362,7 @@ to use Linux' inotify mechanism, which allows file accesses to be monitored.")
 (define-public kmod
   (package
     (name "kmod")
-    (version "28")
+    (version "29")
     (source (origin
               (method url-fetch)
               (uri
@@ -3370,7 +3370,7 @@ to use Linux' inotify mechanism, which allows file accesses to be monitored.")
                               "kmod-" version ".tar.xz"))
               (sha256
                (base32
-                "0v52nghxzd69jnk8mr4900qlk1rg8hf0hdv34n281afs2c7zqs9r"))
+                "0am54mi5rk72g5q7k6l6f36gw3r9vwgjmyna43ywcjhqmakyx00b"))
               (patches (search-patches "kmod-module-directory.patch"))))
     (build-system gnu-build-system)
     (native-inputs
-- 
2.31.1

[bug#48846] [PATCH core-updates 2/2] gnu: kmod: Add zstd support.

[Brice Waegeneire]

* gnu/packages/linux.scm (kmod)[inputs]: Add zstd:lib.
[arguments]: Enable zstd support.
---
 gnu/packages/linux.scm | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/gnu/packages/linux.scm b/gnu/packages/linux.scm
index ec223680fb..fe16325913 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/linux.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/linux.scm
@@ -3379,9 +3379,10 @@ to use Linux' inotify mechanism, which allows file accesses to be monitored.")
        ("zstd" ,zstd)))
     (inputs
      `(("xz" ,xz)
-       ("zlib" ,zlib)))
+       ("zlib" ,zlib)
+       ("zstd-lib" ,zstd "lib")))
     (arguments
-     `(#:configure-flags '("--with-xz" "--with-zlib"
+     `(#:configure-flags '("--with-xz" "--with-zlib" "--with-zstd"
                            "--disable-test-modules")
        #:phases
        (modify-phases %standard-phases
-- 
2.31.1

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

[Mathieu Othacehe]

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