Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > On Sun, Mar 10, 2019 at 2:37 PM Matt Turner <mattst88@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> I'm not aware of a reason to keep a.out support on alpha. > > Hmm. I was looking at removing a.out support entirely, but it's > actually fairly incestuous on alpha. > > For example, arch/alpha/boot/tools/objstrip.c very much has some a.out > support in it. Maybe it can just be removed entirely. > > There's also an a.out.h include in arch/alpha/kernel/binfmt_loader.c. > > Finally, note that CONFIG_OSF4_COMPAT also no longer makes sense > without a.out support. Anyone running an Alpha machine likely also has some old OSF/1 binaries they may wish to use. It would be a shame to remove this feature, IMO. -- Måns Rullgård
