On Thu, 2009-03-26 at 14:56 -0400, William L. Maltby wrote: > <snip> > It's been a long time since I dinked with this stuff, but... > > IIRC, there's several levels of strip. One strips everything, save for s/save/safe/ # RATS! > standalone binaries (not dependent on run-time linking with a library) > and "safe". Safe leaves the external symbols intact so that the loader > can tell what linkages are needed. I don't remember the parameters, but > the manual should tell you. > > I *think* that some symbols are needed for loadable modules for both the > kernel linkage and any references to shared libraries that might be > used. Again, I'm unsure now - to many decaeds have passed since I dinked > with this stuff. > <snip> -- Bill