From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751645AbYAVLMg (ORCPT ); Tue, 22 Jan 2008 06:12:36 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1754117AbYAVLMZ (ORCPT ); Tue, 22 Jan 2008 06:12:25 -0500 Received: from mx3.mail.elte.hu ([157.181.1.138]:57741 "EHLO mx3.mail.elte.hu" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753966AbYAVLMW (ORCPT ); Tue, 22 Jan 2008 06:12:22 -0500 Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2008 12:12:05 +0100 From: Ingo Molnar To: David Newall Cc: Andi Kleen , akpm@osdl.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH for mm] Remove iBCS support Message-ID: <20080122111205.GA25090@elte.hu> References: <20080119045918.GA12215@basil.nowhere.org> <4792B191.2060801@davidnewall.com> <20080120031153.GB6275@one.firstfloor.org> <4792D221.1010704@davidnewall.com> <20080120051822.GB19784@one.firstfloor.org> <4792DD22.4070902@davidnewall.com> <20080120055544.GB19861@one.firstfloor.org> <4792E8E2.1090307@davidnewall.com> <20080120072922.GA21047@one.firstfloor.org> <4793F775.6090403@davidnewall.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4793F775.6090403@davidnewall.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.17 (2007-11-01) X-ELTE-VirusStatus: clean X-ELTE-SpamScore: -1.5 X-ELTE-SpamLevel: X-ELTE-SpamCheck: no X-ELTE-SpamVersion: ELTE 2.0 X-ELTE-SpamCheck-Details: score=-1.5 required=5.9 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=no SpamAssassin version=3.2.3 -1.5 BAYES_00 BODY: Bayesian spam probability is 0 to 1% [score: 0.0000] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org * David Newall wrote: > Andi Kleen wrote: > > You seem to be under the illusion that iBCS2 support works currently > > in mainline and that only this patch would break it. > > I cannot imagine what brings you to that conclusion. Suffice to say > you are entirely and inexplicably wrong. it should be very easy for you to prove me wrong then. I've got a very simple question: please tell me, how do i run a binary compiled for an iBCS2 platform under Linux v2.6.23? I've got plenty of v2.6.23-running testsystems, tell me, if i wanted, how could i run any iBCS2 binary on them? All i see is a massive, 2.4-kernels-only patchkit: http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/hch/linux-abi/v2.4/ which external patch-kit was not picked up by major distros and which was never integrated into the upstream kernel either. iBCS2 support in Linux 2.6 simply does not exist. Ingo