linux-kernel - Re: [RFC: 2.6 patch] mips: remove the broken BINFMT

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Message-ID: <20070120143922.GA30336@linux-mips.org>
Date:	Sat, 20 Jan 2007 14:39:22 +0000
From:	Ralf Baechle <ralf@...ux-mips.org>
To:	Adrian Bunk <bunk@...sta.de>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>, linux-mips@...ux-mips.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC: 2.6 patch] mips: remove the broken BINFMT_IRIX code

On Sat, Jan 20, 2007 at 03:01:35PM +0100, Adrian Bunk wrote:

> The BINFMT_IRIX code:
> - has been marked as BROKEN for more than two years years and
> - is still marked as BROKEN.
> 
> Code that has been marked as BROKEN for such a long time seem to be 
> unlikely to be revived in the forseeable future.
> 
> But if anyone wants to ever revive this driver, the code is still
> present in the older kernel releases.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@...sta.de>

NAK.

Steven Hill is working on it and the reason why it's marked broken is tiny
anyway.

  Ralf
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