Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753407AbZKAU2v (ORCPT ); Sun, 1 Nov 2009 15:28:51 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753383AbZKAU2u (ORCPT ); Sun, 1 Nov 2009 15:28:50 -0500 Received: from lo.gmane.org ([80.91.229.12]:59111 "EHLO lo.gmane.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753382AbZKAU2u (ORCPT ); Sun, 1 Nov 2009 15:28:50 -0500 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?M=E5ns_Rullg=E5rd?= Subject: Re: FatELF patches... Date: Sun, 01 Nov 2009 20:28:27 +0000 Message-ID: References: <1257103201.2865.6.camel@chumley> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: unicorn.mansr.com User-Agent: Gnus/5.1008 (Gnus v5.10.8) XEmacs/21.4.22 (Instant Classic, linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:DeT0EJDpKRMwED9u4SLzyeS8yMY= Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1472 Lines: 27 David Hagood writes: > On Thu, 2009-10-29 at 22:19 -0400, Ryan C. Gordon wrote: >> Having heard a bunch of commentary, and made a bunch of changes based on >> some really good feedback, here are my hopefully-final FatELF patches. > > I hope it's not too late for a request for consideration: if we start > having fat binaries, could one of the "binaries" be one of the "not > quite compiled code" formats like Architecture Neutral Distribution > Format (ANDF), such that, given a fat binary which does NOT support a > given CPU, you could at least in theory process the ANDF section to > create the needed target binary? Bonus points for being able to then > append the newly created section to the file. Am I the only one who sees this as nothing bloat for its own sake? Did I miss a massive drop in intelligence of Linux users, causing them to no longer be capable of picking the correct file themselves? > As an embedded systems guy who is looking to have to support multiple > CPU types, this is really very interesting to me. As an embedded systems guy, I'm more concerned about precious flash space going to waste than about some hypothetical convenience. -- M?ns Rullg?rd mans@mansr.com -- 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/