On Mon, Mar 11, 2019 at 12:47 PM Måns Rullgård <mans@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
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.
Right, which is why killing a.out entirely would have the unfortunate
effect of also removing the OSF/1 compatibility on Alpha.
If we are to support Alpha as an architecture at all, it makes sense to
support the things people actually use it for.
I agree. I was not aware that a.out was effectively the same as ECOFF.
