Messages in this thread | | | From | Geert Uytterhoeven <> | Date | Fri, 14 Jan 2022 20:00:50 +0100 | Subject | Re: [PATCH] x86: Remove a.out support |
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Hi Ted,
On Fri, Jan 14, 2022 at 7:58 PM Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu> wrote: > On Fri, Jan 14, 2022 at 03:52:29PM +0100, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: > > 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...
As we seem to be reiterating a discussion from 2019, let's read last time's summary first: https://www.linuxjournal.com/content/deprecating-aout-binaries
Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
Geert
-- Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- geert@linux-m68k.org
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