linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH for mm] Remove iBCS support

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Date:	Tue, 22 Jan 2008 12:12:05 +0100
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	David Newall <davidn@...idnewall.com>
Cc:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>, akpm@...l.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH for mm] Remove iBCS support

* David Newall <davidn@...idnewall.com> 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
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