diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index a80d4247f2fa..ddec897c2ff1 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 167879ae8924540660b187d759956f316dd6e8fe
+refs/heads/master: dc810efb0ca5702c9d96782b99282d4b4383e877
diff --git a/trunk/arch/arm/Makefile b/trunk/arch/arm/Makefile
index c22c1adfedd6..6f7b29294c80 100644
--- a/trunk/arch/arm/Makefile
+++ b/trunk/arch/arm/Makefile
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ ifeq ($(CONFIG_CPU_ENDIAN_BE8),y)
 LDFLAGS_vmlinux	+= --be8
 endif
 
-OBJCOPYFLAGS	:=-O binary -R .note -R .note.gnu.build-id -R .comment -S
+OBJCOPYFLAGS	:=-O binary -R .comment -S
 GZFLAGS		:=-9
 #KBUILD_CFLAGS	+=-pipe
 # Explicitly specifiy 32-bit ARM ISA since toolchain default can be -mthumb:
diff --git a/trunk/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/trunk/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 86b66f3f2031..558bd81a4fce 100644
--- a/trunk/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/trunk/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -247,6 +247,8 @@ SECTIONS
 	}
 #endif
 
+	NOTES
+
 	BSS_SECTION(0, 0, 0)
 	_end = .;