linux: Compress kernel modules

This reduces the kernel package from 185 to 62 MiB, for a neglible boot time cost.
2016-02-01 18:19:23 +01:00
parent b21ef9c9e6
commit 48f51f1185
2 changed files with 8 additions and 4 deletions
@@ -21,6 +21,12 @@
 with stdenv.lib;

 ''
+  # Compress kernel modules for a sizable disk space savings.
+  ${optionalString (versionAtLeast version "3.18") ''
+    MODULE_COMPRESS y
+    MODULE_COMPRESS_XZ y
+  ''}
+
  # Debugging.
  DEBUG_KERNEL y
  TIMER_STATS y