From: Alan Cox <gnomes@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To: "Theodore Y. Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
Matthew Wilcox <willy@infradead.org>,
Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>, Jann Horn <jannh@google.com>,
Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>,
kernel list <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org,
the arch/x86 maintainers <x86@kernel.org>,
Linux API <linux-api@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: a.out coredumping: fix or delete?
Date: Wed, 6 Mar 2019 16:52:30 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20190306165230.75b7d110@alans-desktop> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20190306141144.GD7930@mit.edu>
On Wed, 6 Mar 2019 09:11:44 -0500
"Theodore Y. Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu> wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 06, 2019 at 01:25:17PM +0100, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> > > It's been 25 years since Linux added support for ELF. Can we just
> > > delete the a.out support entirely now? According to the Linux-ELF HOWTO,
> > > support was added in 1.1.52 (August 1994). It's pretty much necromancy
> > > at this point.
> >
> > The Kernel-Necrophilia cult members might disagree. :)
> >
> > But yes, good riddance.
>
> Doesn't Minix 1.0 use a.out? It *is* cool to be able to binaries from
> run dead operating systems. :-)
Minixemu compiled fine ELF last time I checked 8). It does need a 32bit
system as it still uses virtual 86 model.
Alan
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From: Alan Cox <gnomes@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To: "Theodore Y. Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
Matthew Wilcox <willy@infradead.org>,
Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>, Jann Horn <jannh@google.com>,
Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>,
kernel list <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
<linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org>,
the arch/x86 maintainers <x86@kernel.org>,
Linux API <linux-api@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: a.out coredumping: fix or delete?
Date: Wed, 6 Mar 2019 16:52:30 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20190306165230.75b7d110@alans-desktop> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20190306141144.GD7930@mit.edu>
On Wed, 6 Mar 2019 09:11:44 -0500
"Theodore Y. Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu> wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 06, 2019 at 01:25:17PM +0100, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> > > It's been 25 years since Linux added support for ELF. Can we just
> > > delete the a.out support entirely now? According to the Linux-ELF HOWTO,
> > > support was added in 1.1.52 (August 1994). It's pretty much necromancy
> > > at this point.
> >
> > The Kernel-Necrophilia cult members might disagree. :)
> >
> > But yes, good riddance.
>
> Doesn't Minix 1.0 use a.out? It *is* cool to be able to binaries from
> run dead operating systems. :-)
Minixemu compiled fine ELF last time I checked 8). It does need a 32bit
system as it still uses virtual 86 model.
Alan
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2019-03-06 16:52 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 52+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2019-03-01 23:57 a.out coredumping: fix or delete? Jann Horn
2019-03-03 1:09 ` Andy Lutomirski
2019-03-05 9:19 ` Borislav Petkov
2019-03-05 12:22 ` Matthew Wilcox
2019-03-05 13:43 ` Alan Cox
2019-03-05 14:59 ` [PATCH] x86: Deprecate a.out support Borislav Petkov
2019-03-05 15:17 ` Richard Weinberger
2019-03-05 16:22 ` Linus Torvalds
2019-03-05 16:30 ` Jann Horn
2019-03-05 17:32 ` Borislav Petkov
2019-03-05 17:31 ` Borislav Petkov
2019-03-05 17:58 ` Linus Torvalds
2019-03-05 18:11 ` Borislav Petkov
2019-03-05 18:18 ` Borislav Petkov
2019-03-06 15:07 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2019-03-10 21:37 ` Matt Turner
2019-03-10 22:40 ` Linus Torvalds
2019-03-10 23:19 ` Al Viro
2019-03-11 7:20 ` John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
2019-03-11 11:02 ` Arnd Bergmann
2019-03-11 16:26 ` Måns Rullgård
2019-03-11 16:26 ` Måns Rullgård
2019-03-11 16:45 ` Linus Torvalds
2019-03-11 18:08 ` Måns Rullgård
2019-03-11 18:08 ` Måns Rullgård
2019-03-11 19:03 ` Linus Torvalds
2019-03-11 19:47 ` Måns Rullgård
2019-03-11 19:47 ` Måns Rullgård
2019-03-11 20:50 ` Matt Turner
2019-03-11 20:50 ` Matt Turner
2019-03-11 21:34 ` Arnd Bergmann
2019-03-11 21:34 ` Arnd Bergmann
2019-03-11 21:45 ` Linus Torvalds
2019-03-11 22:12 ` Måns Rullgård
2019-03-11 22:12 ` Måns Rullgård
2019-03-12 8:44 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2019-03-14 18:38 ` Miguel Ojeda
2019-03-14 18:38 ` Miguel Ojeda
2019-03-11 22:06 ` Måns Rullgård
2019-03-11 22:06 ` Måns Rullgård
2019-03-11 22:11 ` Matt Turner
2019-03-12 6:38 ` Michael Cree
2019-04-16 3:19 ` Jon Masters
2019-03-11 18:58 ` Matt Turner
2019-03-06 16:55 ` Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult
2019-03-06 17:52 ` [PATCH] fs: binfmt: mark aout as broken Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult
2019-03-06 12:25 ` a.out coredumping: fix or delete? Thomas Gleixner
2019-03-06 14:11 ` Theodore Y. Ts'o
2019-03-06 14:11 ` Theodore Y. Ts'o
2019-03-06 16:52 ` Alan Cox [this message]
2019-03-06 16:52 ` Alan Cox
2019-03-06 17:45 ` Andy Lutomirski
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