Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1763390AbXHAUCq (ORCPT ); Wed, 1 Aug 2007 16:02:46 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1757511AbXHAUCh (ORCPT ); Wed, 1 Aug 2007 16:02:37 -0400 Received: from pentafluge.infradead.org ([213.146.154.40]:52320 "EHLO pentafluge.infradead.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751042AbXHAUCg (ORCPT ); Wed, 1 Aug 2007 16:02:36 -0400 Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2007 21:02:33 +0100 From: Christoph Hellwig To: Jan Engelhardt Cc: Andi Kleen , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [RFC] [PATCH] Deprecate a.out ELF interpreters Message-ID: <20070801200233.GA30240@infradead.org> Mail-Followup-To: Christoph Hellwig , Jan Engelhardt , Andi Kleen , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <200708011433.09433.ak@novell.com> <200708012035.52863.ak@novell.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-SRS-Rewrite: SMTP reverse-path rewritten from by pentafluge.infradead.org See http://www.infradead.org/rpr.html Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1347 Lines: 36 On Wed, Aug 01, 2007 at 09:26:10PM +0200, Jan Engelhardt wrote: > > 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)" NAK, binfmt a.out support is something entirely different from what we're talking about here. - 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/