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). Index: grub-2.02~rc1/util/grub-module-verifierXX.c =================================================================== --- grub-2.02~rc1.orig/util/grub-module-verifierXX.c +++ grub-2.02~rc1/util/grub-module-verifierXX.c @@ -224,7 +224,8 @@ check_symbols (const struct grub_module_ 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");