linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Make aout executables work again

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Date:	Sat, 10 Feb 2007 16:12:54 +0100
From:	Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>
To:	"Parag Warudkar" <parag.warudkar@...il.com>
Cc:	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	joerg@...rops.han.de, dsd@...too.org, paulus@...ba.org,
	benh@...nel.crashing.org, lethal@...ux-sh.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Make aout executables work again


> > > [*] I see the patch handles i386 and x86_64 - but I am not sure if
> > > something similar will be needed for the other arches to allow aout
> > > executables in absence of VDSO (powerpc, sh).
> >
> > Neither powerpc nor sh support a.out.
> >
> 
> Ok, that's not a concern then. Not that I care about aout but if a
> simple fix can let it have VDSO and prevent special casing, I would
> prefer to let it have VDSO and still work - at least in the interest
> of preserving existing behavior.

Ok reasonable argument.

-Andi
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