A bit of poking around, and the problem seems to the that the
"__this_module" symbol in each kernel module has suddenly grown from
about 4KB to about 64KB.
$ size /lib/modules/2.6.26-1-amd64/kernel/drivers/net/8139cp.ko
text data bss dec hex filename
17144 5600 0 22744 58d8 /lib/modules/2.6.26-1-amd64/kernel/drivers/net/8139cp.ko
$ size /lib/modules/2.6.28-1-amd64/kernel/drivers/net/8139cp.ko
text data bss dec hex filename
18216 66896 0 85112 14c78 /lib/modules/2.6.28-1-amd64/kernel/drivers/net/8139cp.ko
-- Package-specific info:
** Version:
Linux version 2.6.28-1-amd64 (Debian 2.6.28-1) (maks@debian.org) (gcc version 4.3.3 (Debian 4.3.3-4) ) #1 SMP Wed Feb 18 17:16:12 UTC 2009
** Command line:
root=/dev/sda1 ro quiet
** Not tainted
** Kernel log:
[ 3.834829] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write Protect is off
[ 3.834830] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00
[ 3.834844] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA
[ 3.834883] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] 312581808 512-byte hardware sectors: (160 GB/149 GiB)
[ 3.834891] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write Protect is off
[ 3.834892] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00
[ 3.834906] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA
[ 3.834908] sda:<6>ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.7: USB 2.0 started, EHCI 1.00
[ 3.836054] usb usb4: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[ 3.836071] hub 4-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 3.836074] hub 4-0:1.0: 6 ports detected
[ 3.836137] usb usb4: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0002
[ 3.836138] usb usb4: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
[ 3.836139] usb usb4: Product: EHCI Host Controller
[ 3.836140] usb usb4: Manufacturer: Linux 2.6.28-1-amd64 ehci_hcd
[ 3.836141] usb usb4: SerialNumber: 0000:00:1d.7
[ 3.836527] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.1: PCI INT B -> GSI 19 (level, low) -> IRQ 19
[ 3.836533] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.1: setting latency timer to 64
[ 3.836535] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.1: UHCI Host Controller
[ 3.836565] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.1: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 5
[ 3.836594] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.1: irq 19, io base 0x0000d480
[ 3.836642] usb usb5: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[ 3.836656] hub 5-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 3.836661] hub 5-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
[ 3.836713] usb usb5: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0001
[ 3.836715] usb usb5: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
[ 3.836716] usb usb5: Product: UHCI Host Controller
[ 3.836717] usb usb5: Manufacturer: Linux 2.6.28-1-amd64 uhci_hcd
[ 3.836718] usb usb5: SerialNumber: 0000:00:1d.1
[ 3.836731] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.2: PCI INT C -> GSI 18 (level, low) -> IRQ 18
[ 3.836735] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.2: setting latency timer to 64
[ 3.836736] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.2: UHCI Host Controller
[ 3.836762] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.2: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 6
[ 3.836780] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.2: irq 18, io base 0x0000d400
[ 3.836822] usb usb6: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[ 3.836838] hub 6-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 3.836841] hub 6-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
[ 3.836888] usb usb6: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0001
[ 3.836889] usb usb6: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
[ 3.836891] usb usb6: Product: UHCI Host Controller
[ 3.836892] usb usb6: Manufacturer: Linux 2.6.28-1-amd64 uhci_hcd
[ 3.836893] usb usb6: SerialNumber: 0000:00:1d.2
[ 3.845889] sda1 sda2 < sda5 >
[ 3.878179] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Attached SCSI disk
[ 4.161810] sr0: scsi3-mmc drive: 24x/24x writer dvd-ram cd/rw xa/form2 cdda tray
[ 4.161813] Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.20
[ 4.161878] sr 4:0:0:0: Attached scsi CD-ROM sr0
[ 4.171084] sd 0:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg0 type 0
[ 4.171102] sr 4:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg1 type 5
[ 4.328512] usb 6-2: new low speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 2
[ 4.503854] usb 6-2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[ 4.506871] usb 6-2: New USB device found, idVendor=046d, idProduct=c018
[ 4.506873] usb 6-2: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=0
[ 4.506874] usb 6-2: Product: USB Optical Mouse
[ 4.506875] usb 6-2: Manufacturer: Logitech
[ 4.520445] usbcore: registered new interface driver hiddev
[ 4.532985] input: Logitech USB Optical Mouse as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.2/usb6/6-2/6-2:1.0/input/input2
[ 4.548050] generic-usb 0003:046D:C018.0001: input,hidraw0: USB HID v1.11 Mouse [Logitech USB Optical Mouse] on usb-0000:00:1d.2-2/input0
[ 4.548062] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbhid
[ 4.548064] usbhid: v2.6:USB HID core driver
[ 5.184025] PM: Starting manual resume from disk
[ 5.253638] kjournald starting. Commit interval 5 seconds
[ 5.253647] EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode.
[ 7.145480] udevd version 125 started
[ 7.460260] input: Power Button (FF) as /devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXPWRBN:00/input/input3
[ 7.480252] ACPI: Power Button (FF) [PWRF]
[ 7.480293] input: Power Button (CM) as /devices/LNXSYSTM:00/device:00/PNP0C0C:00/input/input4
[ 7.496010] ACPI: Power Button (CM) [PWRB]
[ 7.572661] parport_pc 00:07: reported by Plug and Play ACPI
[ 7.572684] parport0: PC-style at 0x378, irq 7 [PCSPP,EPP]
[ 7.710369] agpgart-intel 0000:00:00.0: Intel Q45/Q43 Chipset
[ 7.711584] agpgart-intel 0000:00:00.0: detected 32764K stolen memory
[ 7.714194] agpgart-intel 0000:00:00.0: AGP aperture is 256M @ 0xd0000000
[ 7.917188] iTCO_wdt: Intel TCO WatchDog Timer Driver v1.04
[ 7.917245] iTCO_wdt: Found a ICH10DO TCO device (Version=2, TCOBASE=0x0860)
[ 7.917275] iTCO_wdt: initialized. heartbeat=30 sec (nowayout=0)
[ 7.957531] i801_smbus 0000:00:1f.3: PCI INT C -> GSI 18 (level, low) -> IRQ 18
[ 7.996413] input: PC Speaker as /devices/platform/pcspkr/input/input5
[ 8.287549] HDA Intel 0000:00:1b.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 22 (level, low) -> IRQ 22
[ 8.287588] HDA Intel 0000:00:1b.0: setting latency timer to 64
[ 8.318692] hda_codec: Unknown model for ALC262, trying auto-probe from BIOS...
[ 10.658412] Adding 2859528k swap on /dev/sda5. Priority:-1 extents:1 across:2859528k
[ 11.092982] EXT3 FS on sda1, internal journal
[ 11.627769] loop: module loaded
[ 12.680718] e1000e 0000:00:19.0: irq 4347 for MSI/MSI-X
[ 12.736039] e1000e 0000:00:19.0: irq 4347 for MSI/MSI-X
[ 14.332752] 0000:00:19.0: eth0: Link is Up 100 Mbps Full Duplex, Flow Control: None
[ 14.332753] 0000:00:19.0: eth0: 10/100 speed: disabling TSO
[ 18.749718] NET: Registered protocol family 10
[ 18.749995] lo: Disabled Privacy Extensions
[ 19.224767] RPC: Registered udp transport module.
[ 19.224769] RPC: Registered tcp transport module.
[ 23.851127] lp0: using parport0 (interrupt-driven).
[ 23.859486] ppdev: user-space parallel port driver
[ 29.020504] eth0: no IPv6 routers present
[ 29.724587] [drm] Initialized drm 1.1.0 20060810
[ 29.740539] pci 0000:00:02.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16
[ 29.740542] pci 0000:00:02.0: setting latency timer to 64
[ 29.740667] pci 0000:00:02.0: irq 4345 for MSI/MSI-X
[ 29.740722] [drm] Initialized i915 1.6.0 20080730 on minor 0
Kernel: Linux 2.6.28-1-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=ja_JP.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=ja_JP.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Versions of packages linux-image-2.6.28-1-amd64 depends on:
ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.25 Debian configuration management sy
ii initramfs-tools [linux-initra 0.93 tools for generating an initramfs
ii module-init-tools 3.4-1 tools for managing Linux kernel mo
linux-image-2.6.28-1-amd64 recommends no packages.
Versions of packages linux-image-2.6.28-1-amd64 suggests:
ii grub 0.97-47lenny2 GRand Unified Bootloader (Legacy v
pn linux-doc-2.6.28 <none> (no description available)