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From: Matt Turner <mattst88@gmail.com>
To: "Måns Rullgård" <mans@mansr.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>,
	Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>,
	Alan Cox <gnomes@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
	Matthew Wilcox <willy@infradead.org>,
	Jann Horn <jannh@google.com>, Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
	kernel list <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	linux-fsdevel <linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org>,
	"the arch/x86 maintainers" <x86@kernel.org>,
	Linux API <linux-api@vger.kernel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
	Richard Weinberger <richard@nod.at>,
	Anton Ivanov <anton.ivanov@cambridgegreys.com>,
	linux-alpha <linux-alpha@vger.kernel.org>,
	linux-m68k@lists.linux-m68k.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86: Deprecate a.out support
Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2019 13:50:21 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAEdQ38F3RxBXB2ow3L7F4vQd5JnJLPJ-mEqCK5ENV7NDQO9eJQ@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <yw1x1s3d42ia.fsf@mansr.com>

On Mon, Mar 11, 2019 at 12:47 PM Måns Rullgård <mans@mansr.com> wrote:
>
> Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> writes:
>
> > On Mon, Mar 11, 2019 at 11:08 AM Måns Rullgård <mans@mansr.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> 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.
>
> Right, which is why killing a.out entirely would have the unfortunate
> effect of also removing the OSF/1 compatibility on Alpha.
>
> If we are to support Alpha as an architecture at all, it makes sense to
> support the things people actually use it for.

I agree. I was not aware that a.out was effectively the same as ECOFF.

  reply	other threads:[~2019-03-11 20:50 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 42+ 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 16:45                         ` Linus Torvalds
2019-03-11 18:08                           ` Måns Rullgård
2019-03-11 19:03                             ` Linus Torvalds
2019-03-11 19:47                               ` Måns Rullgård
2019-03-11 20:50                                 ` Matt Turner [this message]
2019-03-11 21:34                                 ` Arnd Bergmann
2019-03-11 21:45                                   ` Linus Torvalds
2019-03-11 22:12                                     ` Måns Rullgård
2019-03-12  8:44                                     ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2019-03-14 18:38                                       ` Miguel Ojeda
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 16:52         ` Alan Cox
2019-03-06 17:45           ` Andy Lutomirski

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