Hi,
Maybe I was a bit eclectic :-)
The full question was: "What the heck is dragging in binutils???"
Ah.
And the answer is: "dracut".
Then the next question would be: "why would dracut ever need this stuff?"
It uses nm(1) to decide which kernel APIs you're using, e.g. whether your DRM driver supports KMS. (Yuck.)
- Chris.