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 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 05554C433FE for ; Tue, 15 Mar 2022 09:47:29 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1344317AbiCOJsj (ORCPT ); Tue, 15 Mar 2022 05:48:39 -0400 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:51310 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1346901AbiCOJsX (ORCPT ); Tue, 15 Mar 2022 05:48:23 -0400 Received: from mail.skyhub.de (mail.skyhub.de [5.9.137.197]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A620E4ECD6 for ; Tue, 15 Mar 2022 02:47:11 -0700 (PDT) Received: from zn.tnic (p5de8e440.dip0.t-ipconnect.de [93.232.228.64]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.skyhub.de (SuperMail on ZX Spectrum 128k) with ESMTPSA id 1E89C1EC0374; Tue, 15 Mar 2022 10:47:06 +0100 (CET) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=alien8.de; s=dkim; t=1647337626; h=from:from:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date:message-id:message-id: to:to:cc:cc:mime-version:mime-version:content-type:content-type: content-transfer-encoding:in-reply-to:in-reply-to: references:references; bh=nkcnMhMLGkZMB3rh6duTo8CW4F5wZyX3B2sIvZEMXyE=; b=BGQJK5dhi6l8N5MZsrC68XE4hhmKMWxRE6TL6q+1jfW0+zCBEYbK081S4Si4J7S2Wz/70M Xcvx3AifRUbKs/oCuJZTgru7gUuV3s65oGNW3PxRKYZxJEozUQwXGb6sMv6zLGF3mlKv9f R+2AEkMU78qDvwlJuO1sP6L9hPGkaJU= Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2022 10:44:51 +0100 From: Borislav Petkov To: James Jones Cc: keescook@chromium.org, x86@kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86: Remove a.out support Message-ID: References: <4c449fab-8135-5057-7d2c-7b948ce130cc@theinnocuous.com> <0b31b1d3-852d-6cab-82ae-5eecaec05679@theinnocuous.com> <785a6348-e1c5-7900-78bc-af8b6923cc8a@theinnocuous.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <785a6348-e1c5-7900-78bc-af8b6923cc8a@theinnocuous.com> Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sun, Mar 13, 2022 at 06:26:31PM +0000, James Jones wrote: > ... > This all probably seems absurd now, but note the newest version of these > tools was released in 1995, when Linux ELF support would have been brand > new. I don't know when the tools first shipped on Linux, but it would > have been a few years before that, so a.out would have been the only > option. It seems some Atari Jaguar developers were rather early Linux > adopters. Ok, that explains it fine, thanks. Please put that explanation in a text file somewhere in Documentation/x86/ so that we know why we're keeping a.out support. I'll zap the removing patch from the lineup now and you can send me your fixes whenever you're ready. If you're wondering on how to format them and what to do, we have it all documented in Documentation/process/. I'd especially suggest reading Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst HTH. Thx. -- Regards/Gruss, Boris. https://people.kernel.org/tglx/notes-about-netiquette