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    SubjectRe: [PATCH] x86: Remove a.out support
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    Hi Borislav!

    On 1/15/22 12:37, Borislav Petkov wrote:
    > On Fri, Jan 14, 2022 at 08:35:53PM +0100, Borislav Petkov wrote:
    >> On Fri, Jan 14, 2022 at 08:21:36PM +0100, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
    >>> I mean that I can rip it out on m68k.
    >>>
    >>> Who's gonna take care of alpha?
    >>
    >> I'm sceptical anyone would:
    >>
    >> $ ./scripts/get_maintainer.pl -f arch/alpha/
    >> Richard Henderson <rth@twiddle.net> (odd fixer:ALPHA PORT)
    >> Ivan Kokshaysky <ink@jurassic.park.msu.ru> (odd fixer:ALPHA PORT)
    >>
    >> which leaves me. I could give it a try.
    >
    > Well, on that old thread from 2019 people expressed the wish to be able
    > to run a.out binaries on Alpha. Let's see whether that has changed in
    > the meantime.

    Checking on the message I sent three years ago, it didn't seem that I was opposed
    to removing a.out support, but that I would be happy to help test the patches.

    I don't have any particular use case for a.out support either.

    Adrian

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