https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=53831
--- Comment #38 from Hin-Tak Leung <htl10 at users dot sourceforge.net> --- This is the only reference I have about the redhat specific patch. (from redhat's binutils packaging git). I think "H.J." is "H.J.Lu" but I can't find anything further - I am hoping there is an updated patch, or any kind of blog or mailing list post that explains what the patch tries to do. commit d43b72113c5879ddde546867dfe23baaccf35c1f Author: Nick Clifton <ni...@redhat.com> Date: Fri May 17 08:42:58 2013 +0100 Import H.J.'s patch to add support for kernel ld -r modules.