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Date: Sun, 20 Jan 2008 15:16:25 +1030 From: David Newall <davidn@...idnewall.com> To: Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org> CC: akpm@...l.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH for mm] Remove iBCS support Andi Kleen wrote: > On Sun, Jan 20, 2008 at 12:57:29PM +1030, David Newall wrote: > >> compatibility. This is a sleeping giant for Linux. There are plenty of >> > > Interesting choice of words. > KFC and Dominoes use SCO for their cash registers, to pick just two enormous future opportunities. > But it does not make sense for all Linux kernels to always check for iBCS executables > when they don't have to code to run them anyways. > I don't suppose you're suggesting this will make a big difference. Even if every exec did nothing but immediately exit, it still wouldn't make much difference. Likewise, I take your point about proper iBCS support (and I suppose it's really iBCS2 that we're talking about.) My concern is that removing this now gains almost nothing, 2 strcmp per exec is as close to nothing as anything, but it sends a message with which I disagree. The message should be that Linux is good for, well the same things FreeBSD is, and includes running Solaris and SCO binaries. This is a major simplification of the story, I know, but still hits the plot highlights. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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