Re: + aout-suppress-aout-library-support-if-config_arch_supports_aout.patc h added to -mm tree

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Ralf Baechle <ralf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 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.

I believe a.out.h contamination of binfmt_elf is due to be kersplatted in
2.6.25.

David
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