From: Martin Dalecki <dalecki@evision-ventures.com>
To: Ado.Arnolds@dhm-systems.de
Cc: torvalds@transmeta.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk
Subject: Re: fs/exec.c and binfmt-xxx in 2.4.14
Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2001 18:08:53 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3BFBDFA5.DDA1CC98@evision-ventures.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3BFBDD32.434AB47B@web-systems.net>
Heinz-Ado Arnolds wrote:
>
> Hi Linus, Hi Alan, Hi all,
>
> I have a problem with loading modules for binary formats. The
> reason for this problem shows up in fs/exec.c search_binary_handler().
>
> Starting with linux-2.1.23 (and up to 2.4.14) there was a change
> in the format and offset of printing the magic number for requesting
> a handler module. Up to 2.1.22 the statement
That is a time span of several years during which nobody realized
there was a problem with this. Therefore I would rather
request for removal of the whole binfmt-misc stuff (which is ugly
anyway)
rather then "fixing it" ;-)
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2001-11-21 17:19 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-11-21 16:58 fs/exec.c and binfmt-xxx in 2.4.14 Heinz-Ado Arnolds
2001-11-21 17:08 ` Martin Dalecki [this message]
2001-11-21 17:31 ` Heinz-Ado Arnolds
2001-11-22 13:21 ` Colin Watson
2001-11-21 20:14 ` Andreas Ferber
2001-11-22 11:47 ` Heinz-Ado Arnolds
2001-11-22 12:43 ` Richard Guenther
2001-11-22 13:31 ` Andreas Schwab
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