[regression] loader stalls on compressed module

[David Naylor]

Hi,

It appears that recently (~6 months) loader can no longer load compressed 
kernel objects (gzipped) .  This regression is present on both FreeBSD-8 and -
Current.    

This can be reproduced by doing:
# cd /boot/kernel ; gzip -9 unionfs.ko
(Choose option 6 from loader and enter: load unionfs)

I have experienced this on both i386 and amd64.  It appears that loader can 
handle a compressed generic kernel (and maybe other modules).  

Regards

David
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