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[209.132.180.67]) by mx.google.com with ESMTP id f11si5606946pgl.594.2019.03.11.11.59.41; Mon, 11 Mar 2019 11:59:56 -0700 (PDT) Received-SPF: pass (google.com: best guess record for domain of linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org designates 209.132.180.67 as permitted sender) client-ip=209.132.180.67; Authentication-Results: mx.google.com; dkim=pass header.i=@gmail.com header.s=20161025 header.b=KcetIFuJ; spf=pass (google.com: best guess record for domain of linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org designates 209.132.180.67 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=NONE sp=QUARANTINE dis=NONE) header.from=gmail.com Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1728680AbfCKS6l (ORCPT + 99 others); Mon, 11 Mar 2019 14:58:41 -0400 Received: from mail-it1-f194.google.com ([209.85.166.194]:37942 "EHLO mail-it1-f194.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1728323AbfCKS6k (ORCPT ); Mon, 11 Mar 2019 14:58:40 -0400 Received: by mail-it1-f194.google.com with SMTP id k193so375951ita.3; Mon, 11 Mar 2019 11:58:39 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc:content-transfer-encoding; bh=aLCvz858hUYTF/dMencUvDgx3C6vOwwgHb25WIkm1N0=; b=KcetIFuJsDmDeerEPxRqK0Fj8NPiy7HqxD/Rw3zfoGjChl+F30BS4LjwnB07yx8m0x ej+SPOKS5lXE4JjQDkZcD79Fs8p6PkwTmhdTyEpG/oqpFsumcjwQXzYPmG+cAfwLUwON LHbkla/38bHrmlAxxoG5cjuM+R1WVHHdAhfNfJqvZEYEXQ5gp+WqZ4zzxCDNNo0/lChV ifePUd0l4UJ266kfrWkhIIQUUs497eL4l2stqCyUTfWks2tIrzgbhYugI05YHufzi3j1 omROnIzKbrWBCyxlaTVKJqQuDu0jYRuB/fuI8pxrFd8uFHPVL23qSXXo9BsqbKTj0Kwb y8pQ== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc:content-transfer-encoding; bh=aLCvz858hUYTF/dMencUvDgx3C6vOwwgHb25WIkm1N0=; b=aS5RaMLM29jtQ/Q++754cCz/evSF3c4UBN195CmvVYfuENclE2ZaGoF8HcMFWg8M7k bljqQarTWFahbcNbze5KSAnTcSbGlUqPRe6dg9bMWWxfEaEiY/B3msfJNWkp0SdMBR03 G0PiMHgtNMEoOTbETL8V6avSCcybNILZrf+YersUiUiPWiZpWVJD8kDe2ZH+/hqPM5Gs +A6jWLg7mFhkvwocVmBb+vkCpdvLacZXODcWiWVDh1tpND0ntDhFN2Kj4D6KiM8SbhD7 TA8k+r7gPyEf/DhpSarb1tKlG4umtcNK4EjmuhHXirzMw+qAE0jRFGZydS/qR1IRSvyc FzfA== X-Gm-Message-State: APjAAAUAOmEH5AUxev2Jp6IW6pTPFg61vgoWOCjAoZ89CGBgfPJWDciK Edi9Lz1vMECYzh1HBbCzNJ93QHhI6CVKH6WP7h8= X-Received: by 2002:a02:c84f:: with SMTP id r15mr18184954jao.97.1552330718723; Mon, 11 Mar 2019 11:58:38 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <20190305091904.GB8256@zn.tnic> <20190305122218.GD13380@bombadil.infradead.org> <20190305134347.4be2449c@alans-desktop> <20190305145717.GD8256@zn.tnic> <20190305173134.GE8256@zn.tnic> <20190305181138.GG8256@zn.tnic> <20190305181808.GH8256@zn.tnic> In-Reply-To: From: Matt Turner Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2019 11:58:26 -0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86: Deprecate a.out support To: =?UTF-8?B?TcOlbnMgUnVsbGfDpXJk?= Cc: Linus Torvalds , Borislav Petkov , Alan Cox , Matthew Wilcox , Jann Horn , Al Viro , Thomas Gleixner , kernel list , linux-fsdevel , "the arch/x86 maintainers" , Linux API , Andrew Morton , Richard Weinberger , Anton Ivanov , linux-alpha , linux-m68k@lists.linux-m68k.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Mar 11, 2019 at 9:26 AM M=C3=A5ns Rullg=C3=A5rd wr= ote: > > Linus Torvalds writes: > > > On Sun, Mar 10, 2019 at 2:37 PM Matt Turner wrote: > >> > >> I'm not aware of a reason to keep a.out support on alpha. > > > > Hmm. I was looking at removing a.out support entirely, but it's > > actually fairly incestuous on alpha. > > > > For example, arch/alpha/boot/tools/objstrip.c very much has some a.out > > support in it. Maybe it can just be removed entirely. > > > > There's also an a.out.h include in arch/alpha/kernel/binfmt_loader.c. > > > > Finally, note that CONFIG_OSF4_COMPAT also no longer makes sense > > without a.out support. > > Anyone running an Alpha machine likely also has some old OSF/1 binaries > they may wish to use. It would be a shame to remove this feature, IMO. Tru64 5.1 uses ECOFF binaries, I believe. Do you know when OSF/1 / Digital UNIX / Tru64 switched from a.out to ECOFF?