Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 3 Dec 2007 17:17:54 +0100 | From | Adrian Bunk <> | 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 04:00:11PM +0000, Ralf Baechle wrote: > 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 ;-)
Then it's unrelated to this issue.
At the time when I was playing Wolfenstein I was using M$ DOS, but I'd assume the "rampaging MIPS users" was another misunderstanding and it's i386?
> Ralf
cu Adrian
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