Hi Daniel, On 09/19/2016 06:21 PM, Daniel Mentz wrote: > I confirmed that the .eh_frame section is present and that the > .debug_frame section is absent. I also verified that the file size of > the .ko files are small enough for our embedded platform and that > unnecessary sections like .debug_info, .debug_line, .debug_str etc. > are also absent. BTW it seems with my latest set of patches, modules still have .debug_*. Can you double check if your tree still has the interim patch which added a linker script for modules to strip out .debug_* http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/linux-snps-arc/2016-September/001483.html I'm not planning to carry it and would prefer addressing the the root cause by removing the -gdwarf-2 toggle. I've added that and pushed rebased series. Care to take it for a respin please. Thx, -Vineet