Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S965050AbVLFW4U (ORCPT ); Tue, 6 Dec 2005 17:56:20 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S965049AbVLFW4U (ORCPT ); Tue, 6 Dec 2005 17:56:20 -0500 Received: from ppp-217-133-42-200.cust-adsl.tiscali.it ([217.133.42.200]:51501 "EHLO opteron.random") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S965048AbVLFW4S (ORCPT ); Tue, 6 Dec 2005 17:56:18 -0500 Date: Tue, 6 Dec 2005 23:56:16 +0100 From: Andrea Arcangeli To: Florian Weimer Cc: Lee Revell , Jeff Garzik , Brian Gerst , Arjan van de Ven , "M." , William Lee Irwin III , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Linux in a binary world... a doomsday scenario Message-ID: <20051206225616.GL28539@opteron.random> References: <43944F42.2070207@didntduck.org> <20051206030828.GA823@opteron.random> <1133869465.4836.11.camel@laptopd505.fenrus.org> <4394ECA7.80808@didntduck.org> <4395E2F4.7000308@pobox.com> <1133897867.29084.14.camel@mindpipe> <4395E962.2060309@pobox.com> <1133898911.29084.25.camel@mindpipe> <87ek4phmlg.fsf@mid.deneb.enyo.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <87ek4phmlg.fsf@mid.deneb.enyo.de> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 557 Lines: 12 On Tue, Dec 06, 2005 at 11:44:43PM +0100, Florian Weimer wrote: > Are we still reverse-engineering for interoperability when we > essentially want to duplicate a piece of software with identical > purpose? 8-) There's not just x86* and ia64 out there, interoperability with different archs isn't possible today. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/