On Thu, Nov 29, 2007 at 05:45:25PM -0800, akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > arch/alpha/kernel/process.c | 62 ------------------- > arch/arm/kernel/process.c | 29 --------- > arch/m68k/kernel/process.c | 47 --------------- > arch/sparc/kernel/process.c | 32 ---------- > arch/sparc/kernel/sparc_ksyms.c | 2 > arch/sparc64/kernel/binfmt_aout32.c | 3 > arch/sparc64/kernel/process.c | 11 --- > arch/um/kernel/ksyms.c | 1 > arch/um/kernel/process.c | 42 +++++++++++++ > arch/x86/kernel/process_32.c | 43 ------------- > fs/Kconfig.binfmt | 3 > fs/binfmt_aout.c | 3 > fs/binfmt_elf.c | 34 ++++++++-- The bits of fs/binfmt_elf.c which this patch conditionalizes are only useful with extremly old userlands from the early a.out to ELF transition time, from like 1994 or so. I think having an ELF interpreter in a.out format was only ever experimental so the code should probably be deleted instead of conditionalized. I'd be rather surprised if anybody had a userland of that vintage running with a modern kernel. Ralf - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-arch" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html