From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.1 required=3.0 tests=DKIMWL_WL_HIGH,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI, SPF_PASS autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 261C1C43381 for ; Mon, 11 Mar 2019 19:03:41 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EA4EC206BA for ; Mon, 11 Mar 2019 19:03:40 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=default; t=1552331021; bh=EVWbQ0FLYyrCJYZDNZlHxygXu4O2tBnBySx/wI6Yciw=; h=References:In-Reply-To:From:Date:Subject:To:Cc:List-ID:From; b=P3UTKS3rynd39Fuh9rypuAkMg5Hj28gg/uycLGaezv2ELxwfgQFpTH5Z/RlaHpC59 5LXjAKDqwVeBv3cTllHQp0jM32jVi7SdHjbYDG7fKomh4VWaiILcItUC+HIxOhJRzc f+odXtHfhVkZE7tQ9Nm/QqlBckK0gzqUtRk5dYUk= Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1727641AbfCKTDk (ORCPT ); Mon, 11 Mar 2019 15:03:40 -0400 Received: from mail-lj1-f193.google.com ([209.85.208.193]:39931 "EHLO mail-lj1-f193.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1727304AbfCKTDk (ORCPT ); Mon, 11 Mar 2019 15:03:40 -0400 Received: by mail-lj1-f193.google.com with SMTP id g80so78008ljg.6 for ; Mon, 11 Mar 2019 12:03:38 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=linux-foundation.org; s=google; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc:content-transfer-encoding; bh=aPksBs5gmVWSAtQBhdxf/7+kKKa60fGxFB1/+DhE2AQ=; b=Kc1ld9FxqH/Ed0XvvvnE0Y0vZYjRwQfgjTvHHYtdBVU5MHvQpzZAW/DccGNCX6kSqo JJdbKDRrnnf8ajFkkLwnL36D4j1fdUwRVX7xwxUzn93jAaYjIY3YWFk+PCMvgHQaADgA Jk25ujdwaDWfDowZGtVB2nypw19/ibH2N2vi0= X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc:content-transfer-encoding; bh=aPksBs5gmVWSAtQBhdxf/7+kKKa60fGxFB1/+DhE2AQ=; b=TIt3vcNIHU80Ff35Fx8I7HNgvCdw2Vo+0qqMcqmCabsOWpQbJcOSqh08sncJkROQPP 9XKX6hrWSgzIMVmrH9q2MXpgoXo3uaGL5KIGHf7LlEGBuATsouWHd2QHohjDBIEL7HkE wf5+cYC+hIqVpJEJwOJUR2STrjk5Aij2TSUxmFOisFuISGQMeLMz/GtrGIMsRQc0kpoT xwnom9zffses+bjaoqwktjweh0YLMXVS38xGio2vaRvbO4rQgPwCzMmDlS2J59g8km0e b8J/1SHU59ms0ShUz0vuJLOOe1jxWVb/7lyJ1ObTdxcq9J0TaMpCWWsZvSEvMVpZ7RTR /tsQ== X-Gm-Message-State: APjAAAVS5ThHbvYMbkHA4N6m13+wnzFP2Lq58CQuzlmsOMf/fRTwh8y+ oTr3/EHXVc6ZaV4x6xmleEHSSLym8GY= X-Google-Smtp-Source: APXvYqwqLcI8stsuhT57ASQ8D0fwL3iz5nsQidq6IrVVO3CqMY9Qxo7bKVGpLJsBD2jPmONYxTFNnQ== X-Received: by 2002:a2e:9a8b:: with SMTP id p11mr17626654lji.66.1552331017041; Mon, 11 Mar 2019 12:03:37 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail-lf1-f49.google.com (mail-lf1-f49.google.com. [209.85.167.49]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id i185sm1152602lji.81.2019.03.11.12.03.34 for (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Mon, 11 Mar 2019 12:03:35 -0700 (PDT) Received: by mail-lf1-f49.google.com with SMTP id u9so98241lfe.11 for ; Mon, 11 Mar 2019 12:03:34 -0700 (PDT) X-Received: by 2002:ac2:548f:: with SMTP id t15mr3783375lfk.166.1552331014305; Mon, 11 Mar 2019 12:03:34 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <20190305091904.GB8256@zn.tnic> <20190305122218.GD13380@bombadil.infradead.org> <20190305134347.4be2449c@alans-desktop> <20190305145717.GD8256@zn.tnic> <20190305173134.GE8256@zn.tnic> <20190305181138.GG8256@zn.tnic> <20190305181808.GH8256@zn.tnic> In-Reply-To: From: Linus Torvalds Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2019 12:03:18 -0700 X-Gmail-Original-Message-ID: Message-ID: Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86: Deprecate a.out support To: =?UTF-8?B?TcOlbnMgUnVsbGfDpXJk?= Cc: Matt Turner , Borislav Petkov , Alan Cox , Matthew Wilcox , Jann Horn , Al Viro , Thomas Gleixner , kernel list , linux-fsdevel , "the arch/x86 maintainers" , Linux API , Andrew Morton , Richard Weinberger , Anton Ivanov , linux-alpha , linux-m68k@lists.linux-m68k.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Sender: linux-fsdevel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Mar 11, 2019 at 11:08 AM M=C3=A5ns Rullg=C3=A5rd w= rote: > > The latest version I have is 5.1, and that uses ECOFF. ECOFF _is_ a.out as far as Linux is concerned. So Linux basically treats ECOFF as "regular a.out with just some header extensions". We don't have any specific support for ECOFF. I _think_. Again, it's been years and years. Linus