linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86: Remove a.out support

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Date:   Sat, 15 Jan 2022 20:42:59 +0100
From:   John Paul Adrian Glaubitz <glaubitz@...sik.fu-berlin.de>
To:     Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
Cc:     Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>, X86 ML <x86@...nel.org>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        Eric Biederman <ebiederm@...ssion.com>,
        Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Matt Turner <mattst88@...il.com>,
        Måns Rullgård <mans@...sr.com>,
        Michael Cree <mcree@...on.net.nz>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86: Remove a.out support

Hi Borislav!

On 1/15/22 12:37, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 14, 2022 at 08:35:53PM +0100, Borislav Petkov wrote:
>> On Fri, Jan 14, 2022 at 08:21:36PM +0100, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
>>> I mean that I can rip it out on m68k.
>>>
>>> Who's gonna take care of alpha?
>>
>> I'm sceptical anyone would:
>>
>> $ ./scripts/get_maintainer.pl -f arch/alpha/
>> Richard Henderson <rth@...ddle.net> (odd fixer:ALPHA PORT)
>> Ivan Kokshaysky <ink@...assic.park.msu.ru> (odd fixer:ALPHA PORT)
>>
>> which leaves me. I could give it a try.
> 
> Well, on that old thread from 2019 people expressed the wish to be able
> to run a.out binaries on Alpha. Let's see whether that has changed in
> the meantime.

Checking on the message I sent three years ago, it didn't seem that I was opposed
to removing a.out support, but that I would be happy to help test the patches.

I don't have any particular use case for a.out support either.

Adrian

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