diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index e1c5ae8..5dd0ed3 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -605,19 +605,19 @@
 export MODLIB
 
 #
-#  INSTALL_MOD_STRIP, if defined, will cause modules to be
-#  stripped after they are installed.  If INSTALL_MOD_STRIP is '1', then
-#  the default option --strip-debug will be used.  Otherwise,
-#  INSTALL_MOD_STRIP will used as the options to the strip command.
-
+# INSTALL_MOD_STRIP, if defined, will cause modules to be stripped while
+# they get installed.  If INSTALL_MOD_STRIP is '1', then the default
+# options (see below) will be used.  Otherwise, INSTALL_MOD_STRIP will
+# be used as the option(s) to the objcopy command.
 ifdef INSTALL_MOD_STRIP
 ifeq ($(INSTALL_MOD_STRIP),1)
-mod_strip_cmd = $(STRIP) --strip-debug
+mod_strip_cmd = $(OBJCOPY) --strip-debug --strip-symbols \
+		$(srctree)/scripts/strip-symbols --wildcard
 else
-mod_strip_cmd = $(STRIP) $(INSTALL_MOD_STRIP)
+mod_strip_cmd = $(OBJCOPY) $(INSTALL_MOD_STRIP)
 endif # INSTALL_MOD_STRIP=1
 else
-mod_strip_cmd = true
+mod_strip_cmd = false
 endif # INSTALL_MOD_STRIP
 export mod_strip_cmd
 
diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.build b/scripts/Makefile.build
index c1da14b..6a21538 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.build
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.build
@@ -151,16 +151,16 @@
 $(obj)/%.i: $(src)/%.c FORCE
 	$(call if_changed_dep,cc_i_c)
 
-cmd_gensymtypes =                                                           \
+cmd_genksyms =                                                              \
     $(CPP) -D__GENKSYMS__ $(c_flags) $< |                                   \
-    $(GENKSYMS) -T $@ -a $(ARCH)                                            \
+    $(GENKSYMS) -T $@ -A -a $(ARCH)                                         \
      $(if $(KBUILD_PRESERVE),-p)                                            \
      $(if $(1),-r $(firstword $(wildcard $(@:.symtypes=.symref) /dev/null)))
 
 quiet_cmd_cc_symtypes_c = SYM $(quiet_modtag) $@
 cmd_cc_symtypes_c =                                                         \
     set -e;                                                                 \
-    $(call cmd_gensymtypes, true) >/dev/null;                               \
+    $(call cmd_genksyms, true) >/dev/null;                                  \
     test -s $@ || rm -f $@
 
 $(obj)/%.symtypes : $(src)/%.c FORCE
@@ -177,28 +177,38 @@
 
 else
 # When module versioning is enabled the following steps are executed:
-# o compile a .tmp_<file>.o from <file>.c
-# o if .tmp_<file>.o doesn't contain a __ksymtab version, i.e. does
-#   not export symbols, we just rename .tmp_<file>.o to <file>.o and
+# o compile a .tmp_<file>.s from <file>.c
+# o if .tmp_<file>.s doesn't contain a __ksymtab version, i.e. does
+#   not export symbols, we just assemble .tmp_<file>.s to <file>.o and
 #   are done.
 # o otherwise, we calculate symbol versions using the good old
 #   genksyms on the preprocessed source and postprocess them in a way
-#   that they are usable as a linker script
-# o generate <file>.o from .tmp_<file>.o using the linker to
-#   replace the unresolved symbols __crc_exported_symbol with
-#   the actual value of the checksum generated by genksyms
+#   that they are usable as assembly source
+# o assemble <file>.o from .tmp_<file>.s forcing inclusion of directives
+#   defining the actual values of __crc_*, followed by objcopy-ing them
+#   to force these symbols to be local to permit stripping them later.
+s_file = $(@D)/.tmp_$(@F:.o=.s)
+v_file = $(@D)/.tmp_$(@F:.o=.v)
+tmp_o_file = $(@D)/.tmp_$(@F)
+no_g_c_flags = $(filter-out -g%,$(c_flags))
 
-cmd_cc_o_c = $(CC) $(c_flags) -c -o $(@D)/.tmp_$(@F) $<
+cmd_cc_o_c = $(CC) $(c_flags) -S -o $(s_file) $<
+
 cmd_modversions =							\
-	if $(OBJDUMP) -h $(@D)/.tmp_$(@F) | grep -q __ksymtab; then	\
-		$(call cmd_gensymtypes, $(KBUILD_SYMTYPES))		\
-		    > $(@D)/.tmp_$(@F:.o=.ver);				\
-									\
-		$(LD) $(LDFLAGS) -r -o $@ $(@D)/.tmp_$(@F) 		\
-			-T $(@D)/.tmp_$(@F:.o=.ver);			\
-		rm -f $(@D)/.tmp_$(@F) $(@D)/.tmp_$(@F:.o=.ver);	\
+	if grep -q __ksymtab $(s_file); then				\
+		if $(call cmd_genksyms, $(KBUILD_SYMTYPES)) > $(v_file) \
+		   && $(CC) $(no_g_c_flags) -c -Wa,$(v_file)		\
+			    -o $(tmp_o_file) $(s_file)			\
+		   && $(OBJCOPY) -L '__crc_*' -L '___crc_*' -w		\
+				 $(tmp_o_file) $@;			\
+		then							\
+			: ;						\
+		else							\
+			rm -f $@; exit 1;				\
+		fi;							\
 	else								\
-		mv -f $(@D)/.tmp_$(@F) $@;				\
+		rm -f $(v_file);					\
+		$(CC) $(no_g_c_flags) -c -o $@ $(s_file);		\
 	fi;
 endif
 
@@ -221,7 +231,12 @@
 	$(cmd_record_mcount)						  \
 	scripts/basic/fixdep $(depfile) $@ '$(call make-cmd,cc_o_c)' >    \
 	                                              $(dot-target).tmp;  \
-	rm -f $(depfile);						  \
+	if [ -r $(@D)/.tmp_$(@F:.o=.v) ]; then				  \
+		echo >> $(dot-target).tmp;				  \
+		echo '$@: $(GENKSYMS)' >> $(dot-target).tmp;		  \
+		echo '$(GENKSYMS):: ;' >> $(dot-target).tmp;		  \
+	fi;								  \
+	rm -f $(depfile) $(@D)/.tmp_$(@F:.o=.?);			  \
 	mv -f $(dot-target).tmp $(dot-target).cmd
 endef
 
diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.modinst b/scripts/Makefile.modinst
index efa5d94..a5122dc 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.modinst
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.modinst
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@
 	@:
 
 quiet_cmd_modules_install = INSTALL $@
-      cmd_modules_install = mkdir -p $(2); cp $@ $(2) ; $(mod_strip_cmd) $(2)/$(notdir $@)
+      cmd_modules_install = mkdir -p $(2); \
+			    $(mod_strip_cmd) $@ $(2)/$(notdir $@) || cp $@ $(2)
 
 # Modules built outside the kernel source tree go into extra by default
 INSTALL_MOD_DIR ?= extra
diff --git a/scripts/genksyms/genksyms.c b/scripts/genksyms/genksyms.c
index 3a8297b..f8bb4ca 100644
--- a/scripts/genksyms/genksyms.c
+++ b/scripts/genksyms/genksyms.c
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
 char *cur_filename;
 
 static int flag_debug, flag_dump_defs, flag_reference, flag_dump_types,
-	   flag_preserve, flag_warnings;
+	   flag_preserve, flag_warnings, flag_asm;
 static const char *arch = "";
 static const char *mod_prefix = "";
 
@@ -610,8 +610,11 @@
 		if (flag_dump_defs)
 			fputs(">\n", debugfile);
 
-		/* Used as a linker script. */
-		printf("%s__crc_%s = 0x%08lx ;\n", mod_prefix, name, crc);
+		/* Used as assembly source or a linker script. */
+		printf(flag_asm
+		       ? ".equiv %s__crc_%s, %#08lx\n"
+		       : "%s__crc_%s = %#08lx ;\n",
+		       mod_prefix, name, crc);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -648,9 +651,10 @@
 
 static void genksyms_usage(void)
 {
-	fputs("Usage:\n" "genksyms [-adDTwqhV] > /path/to/.tmp_obj.ver\n" "\n"
+	fputs("Usage:\n" "genksyms [-aAdDTwqhV] > /path/to/.tmp_obj.ver\n" "\n"
 #ifdef __GNU_LIBRARY__
 	      "  -a, --arch            Select architecture\n"
+	      "  -A, --asm             Generate assembly rather than linker script\n"
 	      "  -d, --debug           Increment the debug level (repeatable)\n"
 	      "  -D, --dump            Dump expanded symbol defs (for debugging only)\n"
 	      "  -r, --reference file  Read reference symbols from a file\n"
@@ -662,6 +666,7 @@
 	      "  -V, --version         Print the release version\n"
 #else				/* __GNU_LIBRARY__ */
 	      "  -a                    Select architecture\n"
+	      "  -A                    Generate assembly rather than linker script\n"
 	      "  -d                    Increment the debug level (repeatable)\n"
 	      "  -D                    Dump expanded symbol defs (for debugging only)\n"
 	      "  -r file               Read reference symbols from a file\n"
@@ -683,6 +688,7 @@
 #ifdef __GNU_LIBRARY__
 	struct option long_opts[] = {
 		{"arch", 1, 0, 'a'},
+		{"asm", 0, 0, 'A'},
 		{"debug", 0, 0, 'd'},
 		{"warnings", 0, 0, 'w'},
 		{"quiet", 0, 0, 'q'},
@@ -695,10 +701,10 @@
 		{0, 0, 0, 0}
 	};
 
-	while ((o = getopt_long(argc, argv, "a:dwqVDr:T:ph",
+	while ((o = getopt_long(argc, argv, "a:dwqVADr:T:ph",
 				&long_opts[0], NULL)) != EOF)
 #else				/* __GNU_LIBRARY__ */
-	while ((o = getopt(argc, argv, "a:dwqVDr:T:ph")) != EOF)
+	while ((o = getopt(argc, argv, "a:dwqVADr:T:ph")) != EOF)
 #endif				/* __GNU_LIBRARY__ */
 		switch (o) {
 		case 'a':
@@ -716,6 +722,9 @@
 		case 'V':
 			fputs("genksyms version 2.5.60\n", stderr);
 			break;
+		case 'A':
+			flag_asm = 1;
+			break;
 		case 'D':
 			flag_dump_defs = 1;
 			break;
diff --git a/scripts/mksysmap b/scripts/mksysmap
index 6e133a0..1db316a 100644
--- a/scripts/mksysmap
+++ b/scripts/mksysmap
@@ -37,9 +37,6 @@
 
 # readprofile starts reading symbols when _stext is found, and
 # continue until it finds a symbol which is not either of 'T', 't',
-# 'W' or 'w'. __crc_ are 'A' and placed in the middle
-# so we just ignore them to let readprofile continue to work.
-# (At least sparc64 has __crc_ in the middle).
+# 'W' or 'w'.
 
-$NM -n $1 | grep -v '\( [aNUw] \)\|\(__crc_\)\|\( \$[adt]\)' > $2
-
+$NM -n $1 | grep -v '\( [aNUw] \)\|\( \$[adt]\)' > $2
diff --git a/scripts/strip-symbols b/scripts/strip-symbols
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..29ee8c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/strip-symbols
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+<*>
+*.h
+__compound_literal[$.][0-9]*
+__crc_[a-zA-Z_]*
+__exitcall_[a-zA-Z_]*
+__func__[$.][0-9]*
+__FUNCTION__[$.][0-9]*
+gcc[0-9]_compiled[$.]
+__initcall_[a-zA-Z_]*
+__kcrctab_[a-zA-Z_]*
+__kstrtab_[a-zA-Z_]*
+__ksymtab_[a-zA-Z_]*
+__mod_[a-zA-Z_]*[0-9]
+__module_depends
+__param_[a-zA-Z_]*
+__pci_fixup_*PCI_ANY_IDPCI_ANY_ID*
+__pci_fixup_*PCI_ANY_IDPCI_DEVICE_ID_*
+__pci_fixup_*PCI_VENDOR_ID_*PCI_ANY_ID*
+__pci_fixup_*PCI_VENDOR_ID_*PCI_DEVICE_ID_*
+__PRETTY_FUNCTION__[$.][0-9]*
+__setup_[a-zA-Z_]*
+____versions