Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 3 Dec 2007 16:00:11 +0000 | From | Ralf Baechle <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 1/6] Suppress A.OUT library support if !CONFIG_BINFMT_AOUT [try #5] |
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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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