linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/6] Suppress A.OUT library support if !CONFIG_BINFMT

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Message-ID: <20071203160011.GA9058@linux-mips.org>
Date:	Mon, 3 Dec 2007 16:00:11 +0000
From:	Ralf Baechle <ralf@...ux-mips.org>
To:	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
Cc:	Adrian Bunk <bunk@...nel.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/6] Suppress A.OUT library support if
	!CONFIG_BINFMT_AOUT [try #5]

On Mon, Dec 03, 2007 at 03:15:29PM +0000, David Howells wrote:

> > - it adds #ifdef's in fs/binfmt_elf.c for code that is anyway
> >   scheduled for removal in 2.6.25
> 
> I'm told (by Ralf) that removing this support will break Castle Wolfenstein or
> something like that.
> 
> So unless you want hordes of rampaging MIPS users breaking down your door
> whilst waving pitchforks and torches, maybe this needs to be reconsidered...

The wonders of asynchronous IRC communication ...

Wolfenstein is a true a.out binary and for a long time it was _the_ a.out
binary.  If it was working no user would complain ;-)

  Ralf
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