New XO-1.5 10.2.0 build 111

Chris Ball cjb at laptop.org
Sat Mar 6 11:50:44 EST 2010


Hi,

   > Maybe I was a bit eclectic :-)
   > 
   > The full question was: "What the heck is dragging in binutils???"

Ah.

   > And the answer is: "dracut".
   > 
   > Then the next question would be: "why would dracut ever need this
   > stuff?"

It uses nm(1) to decide which kernel APIs you're using, e.g. whether
your DRM driver supports KMS.  (Yuck.)

- Chris.
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Chris Ball   <cjb at laptop.org>
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