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From: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
To: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Cc: Adrian Bunk <bunk@kernel.org>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/6] Suppress A.OUT library support if !CONFIG_BINFMT_AOUT [try #5]
Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2007 16:00:11 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20071203160011.GA9058@linux-mips.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <18452.1196694929@redhat.com>

On Mon, Dec 03, 2007 at 03:15:29PM +0000, David Howells wrote:

> > - it adds #ifdef's in fs/binfmt_elf.c for code that is anyway
> >   scheduled for removal in 2.6.25
> 
> I'm told (by Ralf) that removing this support will break Castle Wolfenstein or
> something like that.
> 
> So unless you want hordes of rampaging MIPS users breaking down your door
> whilst waving pitchforks and torches, maybe this needs to be reconsidered...

The wonders of asynchronous IRC communication ...

Wolfenstein is a true a.out binary and for a long time it was _the_ a.out
binary.  If it was working no user would complain ;-)

  Ralf

  reply	other threads:[~2007-12-03 16:03 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 44+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-11-09 15:34 [PATCH 0/6] MN10300: Add the MN10300 architecture to Linux kernel [try #5] David Howells
2007-11-09 15:34 ` [PATCH 1/6] Suppress A.OUT library support if !CONFIG_BINFMT_AOUT " David Howells
2007-11-11  2:14   ` Andrew Morton
2007-11-12 15:34     ` David Howells
2007-11-12 19:53       ` Andrew Morton
2007-11-12 22:50         ` SL Baur
2007-11-12 23:14           ` David Howells
2007-11-13  3:09             ` SL Baur
2007-11-13 10:57               ` David Howells
2007-11-13 11:18                 ` Andrew Morton
2007-11-13 12:46                   ` Peter Zijlstra
2007-11-13 20:40                     ` Matt Mackall
2007-11-13 20:46                       ` Peter Zijlstra
2007-11-11 11:25   ` Adrian Bunk
2007-11-11 13:59     ` David Howells
2007-11-11 14:22       ` Adrian Bunk
2007-11-11 15:03         ` David Howells
2007-11-11 15:19           ` Adrian Bunk
2007-11-11 15:46             ` Andi Kleen
2007-11-11 16:05               ` Adrian Bunk
2007-11-11 16:31               ` David Howells
2007-12-03 15:15     ` David Howells
2007-12-03 16:00       ` Ralf Baechle [this message]
2007-12-03 16:17         ` Adrian Bunk
2007-11-09 15:34 ` [PATCH 2/6] MTD: Add support for the SST 39VF1601 flash chip " David Howells
2007-11-09 22:34   ` David Woodhouse
2007-11-09 15:34 ` [PATCH 3/6] USB: net2280 can't have a function called show_registers() " David Howells
2007-11-09 15:34 ` [PATCH 4/6] MN10300: Allocate serial port UART IDs for on-chip serial ports " David Howells
2007-11-09 15:35 ` [PATCH 6/6] MN10300: Add MTD flash support for the ASB2303 board " David Howells
2007-11-10  4:05   ` David Woodhouse
2007-11-11 14:01     ` David Howells
     [not found] ` <20071109153458.20803.10594.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk>
2007-11-10  3:53   ` [PATCH 5/6] MN10300: Add the MN10300/AM33 architecture to the kernel " Andrew Morton
2007-11-10 12:18     ` David Howells
2007-11-10 19:43       ` Andrew Morton
2007-11-10 20:02         ` Alan Cox
2007-11-11 14:32         ` David Howells
2007-11-12  7:44         ` Adrian Bunk
2007-11-10 20:09       ` Alan Cox
2007-11-11 14:48         ` David Howells
2007-11-11 15:18           ` Alan Cox
2007-11-11 16:36             ` David Howells
2007-11-11 16:42               ` Alan Cox
2007-11-12 12:19                 ` David Howells
2007-11-11 15:07         ` David Howells

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