Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1760642AbYAXRH5 (ORCPT ); Thu, 24 Jan 2008 12:07:57 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1760518AbYAXRHB (ORCPT ); Thu, 24 Jan 2008 12:07:01 -0500 Received: from hawking.rebel.net.au ([203.20.69.83]:32874 "EHLO hawking.rebel.net.au" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1760501AbYAXRG7 (ORCPT ); Thu, 24 Jan 2008 12:06:59 -0500 Message-ID: <4798C5AF.10603@davidnewall.com> Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2008 03:36:55 +1030 From: David Newall User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 (X11/20071022) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Andi Kleen CC: Karl Kiniger , akpm@osdl.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH for mm] Remove iBCS support References: <20080120031153.GB6275@one.firstfloor.org> <20080123141222.GA29243@wszip-kinigka.euro.med.ge.com> <200801231524.35294.andi@firstfloor.org> In-Reply-To: <200801231524.35294.andi@firstfloor.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 505 Lines: 12 Andi Kleen wrote: > I stand by my earlier point that it doesn't make sense to have all > Linux kernels always execute these strcmps. > Why? It's a trivial expense. Alternatively, (rhetorically), why not also remove AOUT and COFF support? Same argument. -- 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/