Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 14 Jan 2022 13:57:49 -0500 | From | "Theodore Ts'o" <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] x86: Remove a.out support |
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On Fri, Jan 14, 2022 at 03:52:29PM +0100, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: > Hi Boris, > > On Fri, Jan 14, 2022 at 3:36 PM Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de> wrote: > > Btw, pls do note that this is removing only the x86 a.out support - > > other arches (m68k and alpha) still select HAVE_AOUT and thus the > > respective glue in fs/binfmt_aout.c > > Quoting myself (do I need a canned response for this? ;-): > "I think it's safe to assume no one still runs a.out binaries on m68k." > > https://lore.kernel.org/r/CAMuHMdVGT1QN8WUqNcU8ihPLncUGfrjV49wb-8nHUgHhOzLeNw@mail.gmail.com/ > https://lore.kernel.org/r/CAMuHMdW+m0Q+j3rsQdMXnrEPm+XB5Y2AQrxW5sD1mZAKgmEqoA@mail.gmail.com > > Of course, m68k is not encumbered by a.out Netscape binaries, unlike > ia32 and alpha ;-)
And Alpha's a.out Netscape binary is what required OSF/1 compatible system calls, so if and when we ever can nuke a.out Alpha support, so perhaps there might also be an opporunity to remove OSF/1 compatibility support...
- Ted
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