Re: [Kernel-BR] Re: [RFC] Only a.out QMAGIC format is working

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Valdis,

2014-04-19 15:33 GMT-03:00  <Valdis.Kletnieks@xxxxxx>:
> On Sat, 19 Apr 2014 13:37:27 -0300, Geyslan Gregório Bem said:
>
>> Maintainers, is there some chance to fix it or a.out is really doomed?
>
> Is there an actual use case for a.out on a modern kernel?

Maybe retrocompatibility.

>
> In other wods, is there any reason to really care if it's doomed, since
> it's been *years* since that worked?

Perhaps not, but why to continue patching the ia32_aout.c and
binfmt_aout.c if that format doesn't matter (and work) anymore? That's
was the reason that I asked if it is really doomed in linux.


-- 
Regards,

Geyslan G. Bem
hackingbits.com

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