Re: [PATCH] x86: Deprecate a.out support

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To: Måns Rullgård <mans@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86: Deprecate a.out support
From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2019 12:03:18 -0700
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On Mon, Mar 11, 2019 at 11:08 AM Måns Rullgård <mans@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> The latest version I have is 5.1, and that uses ECOFF.

ECOFF _is_ a.out as far as Linux is concerned.

So Linux basically treats ECOFF as "regular a.out with just some
header extensions".

We don't have any specific support for ECOFF.

I _think_. Again, it's been years and years.

               Linus

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