Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1765060AbXHAT0U (ORCPT ); Wed, 1 Aug 2007 15:26:20 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752876AbXHAT0M (ORCPT ); Wed, 1 Aug 2007 15:26:12 -0400 Received: from sovereign.computergmbh.de ([85.214.69.204]:52938 "EHLO sovereign.computergmbh.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752648AbXHAT0L (ORCPT ); Wed, 1 Aug 2007 15:26:11 -0400 Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2007 21:26:10 +0200 (CEST) From: Jan Engelhardt To: Andi Kleen cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [RFC] [PATCH] Deprecate a.out ELF interpreters In-Reply-To: <200708012035.52863.ak@novell.com> Message-ID: References: <200708011433.09433.ak@novell.com> <200708012035.52863.ak@novell.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1437 Lines: 43 On Aug 1 2007 20:35, Andi Kleen wrote: >> On Aug 1 2007 14:33, Andi Kleen wrote: >> >Comments? >> >> A kconfig entry "(OBSOLETE)"/"(DEPRECATED)" would be nice. >> (And if you want to test people, 'depends on EMBEDDED' for CONFIG_BINFMT_AOUT) > >The point is to have less clutter in binfmt_elf.c (which really >could need a rewrite btw or at least a lot of cleanup) not add more in form >of ifdefs. --- fs/Kconfig.binfmt | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) Index: linux-2.6.23/fs/Kconfig.binfmt =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.23.orig/fs/Kconfig.binfmt +++ linux-2.6.23/fs/Kconfig.binfmt @@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ config BINFMT_SHARED_FLAT Support FLAT shared libraries config BINFMT_AOUT - tristate "Kernel support for a.out and ECOFF binaries" + tristate "Kernel support for a.out and ECOFF binaries (OBSOLETE)" depends on X86_32 || ALPHA || ARM || M68K || SPARC32 ---help--- A.out (Assembler.OUTput) is a set of formats for libraries and Plusminus "depends on EMBEDDED" to already hide it in the short term until removal. (Yes, ideally, one would use the yet-to-be-introduced CONFIG_OBSOLETE) Jan -- - 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/