linux-kernel - Re: [RFC] [PATCH] Deprecate a.out ELF interpreters

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Message-ID: <46B0A081.5080405@zytor.com>
Date:	Wed, 01 Aug 2007 11:02:25 -0400
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	Andi Kleen <ak@...ell.com>
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC] [PATCH] Deprecate a.out ELF interpreters

Andi Kleen wrote:
> 
> I propose to deprecate this support and remove for 2.6.25.
> 
> Drawback is that someone still runs their system with a.out ld.so
> they would need to update the ld.so when updating to a new kernel.
> 
> This patch just adds an entry to the deprecation file and a printk
> warning users.
> 
> Comments?
> 

Makes total sense.  This is a highly oddball configuration, and 
*extremely* unlikely to have a significant user base of modern kernels.

It's been 12 years since we switched to ELF.

	-hpa
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