From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1757860AbXKHBKp (ORCPT ); Wed, 7 Nov 2007 20:10:45 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1755254AbXKHBKh (ORCPT ); Wed, 7 Nov 2007 20:10:37 -0500 Received: from mailout.stusta.mhn.de ([141.84.69.5]:52070 "EHLO mailhub.stusta.mhn.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754583AbXKHBKh (ORCPT ); Wed, 7 Nov 2007 20:10:37 -0500 Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2007 00:54:31 +0100 From: Adrian Bunk To: David Howells Cc: torvalds@osdl.org, akpm@linux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-am33-list@redhat.com, Andi Kleen Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] Suppress A.OUT library support in ELF binfmt if !CONFIG_BINFMT_AOUT [try #3] Message-ID: <20071107235431.GC26163@stusta.de> References: <20071107174323.31820.65054.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk> <20071107174328.31820.62935.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20071107174328.31820.62935.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.17 (2007-11-01) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Nov 07, 2007 at 05:43:28PM +0000, David Howells wrote: > Suppress A.OUT library support in ELF binfmt if CONFIG_BINFMT_AOUT is not set. > > Not all architectures support the A.OUT binfmt, so the ELF binfmt should not > be permitted to go looking for A.OUT libraries to load in such a case. >... The a.out interpreter support for ELF executables is already scheduled for being completely removed in 2.6.25. cu Adrian -- "Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly out of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days. "Only a promise," Lao Er said. Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed