From: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
To: "Parag Warudkar" <parag.warudkar@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Make aout executables work again
Date: Sat, 10 Feb 2007 16:12:54 +0100
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> > > [*] I see the patch handles i386 and x86_64 - but I am not sure if
> > > something similar will be needed for the other arches to allow aout
> > > executables in absence of VDSO (powerpc, sh).
> >
> > Neither powerpc nor sh support a.out.
> >
> 
> Ok, that's not a concern then. Not that I care about aout but if a
> simple fix can let it have VDSO and prevent special casing, I would
> prefer to let it have VDSO and still work - at least in the interest
> of preserving existing behavior.

Ok reasonable argument.

-Andi
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