user/grub/grub2-accept-empty-module.patch


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From: Michael Matz <matz@suse.com>

Accept empty modules

For the Xen platform the all_video.mod module is empty.
With old binutils the .symtab section remained (containing
only section symbols), so the check didn't trigger, but starting
with binutils 2.27 not even a .symtab remains.  As there are
also no relocations that's no problem (and that is checked
independendly).
--- grub-2.02~beta3/util/grub-module-verifierXX.c.mm	2016-02-11 10:57:41.000000000 +0000
+++ grub-2.02~beta3/util/grub-module-verifierXX.c	2016-08-31 15:26:36.000000000 +0000
@@ -199,7 +199,8 @@ check_symbols (const struct grub_module_
       Elf_Shdr *s = find_section (arch, e, ".moddeps");
 
       if (!s)
-	grub_util_error ("no symbol table and no .moddeps section");
+	/*grub_util_error ("no symbol table and no .moddeps section");*/
+	return; /* An empty module happens for all_video.module for Xen */
 
       if (!s->sh_size)
 	grub_util_error ("no symbol table and empty .moddeps section");