From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list linux-mips); Sat, 20 Jan 2007 14:39:40 +0000 (GMT) Received: from localhost.localdomain ([127.0.0.1]:45725 "EHLO dl5rb.ham-radio-op.net") by ftp.linux-mips.org with ESMTP id S28583673AbXATOjj (ORCPT ); Sat, 20 Jan 2007 14:39:39 +0000 Received: from denk.linux-mips.net (denk.linux-mips.net [127.0.0.1]) by dl5rb.ham-radio-op.net (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id l0KEdZdN030376; Sat, 20 Jan 2007 14:39:36 GMT Received: (from ralf@localhost) by denk.linux-mips.net (8.13.8/8.13.8/Submit) id l0KEdMYb030375; Sat, 20 Jan 2007 14:39:22 GMT Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2007 14:39:22 +0000 From: Ralf Baechle To: Adrian Bunk Cc: Andrew Morton , linux-mips@linux-mips.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [RFC: 2.6 patch] mips: remove the broken BINFMT_IRIX code Message-ID: <20070120143922.GA30336@linux-mips.org> References: <20070120140135.GT9093@stusta.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20070120140135.GT9093@stusta.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i Return-Path: X-Envelope-To: <"|/home/ecartis/ecartis -s linux-mips"> (uid 0) X-Orcpt: rfc822;linux-mips@linux-mips.org Original-Recipient: rfc822;linux-mips@linux-mips.org X-archive-position: 13725 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: linux-mips-bounce@linux-mips.org Errors-to: linux-mips-bounce@linux-mips.org X-original-sender: ralf@linux-mips.org Precedence: bulk X-list: linux-mips On Sat, Jan 20, 2007 at 03:01:35PM +0100, Adrian Bunk wrote: > The BINFMT_IRIX code: > - has been marked as BROKEN for more than two years years and > - is still marked as BROKEN. > > Code that has been marked as BROKEN for such a long time seem to be > unlikely to be revived in the forseeable future. > > But if anyone wants to ever revive this driver, the code is still > present in the older kernel releases. > > Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk NAK. Steven Hill is working on it and the reason why it's marked broken is tiny anyway. Ralf