On Fri, Mar 11, 2011 at 9:59 AM, Thomas Bächler <[email protected]>wrote:
> Am 11.03.2011 17:41, schrieb Thomas S Hatch: > >> 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 > > > > The file zlibsupport.h offers three functions. One of them is duplicated > in insmod.c, but apparently without zlib support. Looking there might be > a good start. > > However, I don't get why you need to use insmod in the first place, and > why the order in which you load modules is of any concern. > > I am not sure exactly why I need insmod either, but the libguestfs devs use it for the specialized vm (I really need to write the wiki article on this, it is very cool). But I will look into it, thanks again!
