What are *.xz compressed kernel modules for (Fedora 21)

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On 02.02.2015 20:34, Kevin Wilson wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I have Fedora 21 (x86_64).
> Under /usr/lib/modules/3.17.4-302.fc21.x86_64/kernel, all the kernel
> module are in compressed form.
> (xz files).
> Under
>  /usr/lib/modules/3.17.4-302.fc21.x86_64/kernel, the kernel modules
> are in the *.ko form
> 
> What are the *.xz compressed kernel modules for ? In fedora 20 we had
> only *.ko files under /lib/modules.
> 

kernel.spec: xz compress modules on i686 and x86_64
http://pkgs.fedoraproject.org/cgit/kernel.git/commit/?id=8922622
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/kernel/2014-May/005253.html