Re: Old Hardware

vallor wrote this post while blinking in Morse code:

On Thu, 19 Dec 2024 21:35:57 +0000, Farley Flud <ff@linux.rocks> wrote in
<pan$9505a$d037b8eb$bc31d320$63334f69@linux.rocks>:
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Linux Mint:
>
$ modinfo floppy | head -15
filename:       /lib/modules/6.12.6/kernel/drivers/block/floppy.ko
alias:          block-major-2-*

Ubuntu:

$ modinfo floppy
filename:       /lib/modules/5.15.0-122-generic/kernel/drivers/block/floppy.ko
alias:          block-major-2-*

Debian Sid:

$ /sbin/modinfo floppy
filename:       /lib/modules/6.11.10-amd64/kernel/drivers/block/floppy.ko.xz
alias:          block-major-2-*

Arch:

$ modinfo floppy
filename:       /lib/modules/6.12.4-arch1-1/kernel/drivers/block/floppy.ko.zst
alias:          block-major-2-*

I wonder why they are compressed in Sid and Arch.

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