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

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Message-ID: <YeKyBP5rac8sVvWw@zn.tnic>
Date:   Sat, 15 Jan 2022 12:37:40 +0100
From:   Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:     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>,
        John Paul Adrian Glaubitz <glaubitz@...sik.fu-berlin.de>,
        Måns Rullgård <mans@...sr.com>,
        Michael Cree <mcree@...on.net.nz>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86: Remove a.out support

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.

/me CCs them.

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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