From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262546AbULDOWi (ORCPT ); Sat, 4 Dec 2004 09:22:38 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262547AbULDOWd (ORCPT ); Sat, 4 Dec 2004 09:22:33 -0500 Received: from kweetal.tue.nl ([131.155.3.6]:27151 "EHLO kweetal.tue.nl") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262546AbULDOWb (ORCPT ); Sat, 4 Dec 2004 09:22:31 -0500 Date: Sat, 4 Dec 2004 15:22:27 +0100 From: Andries Brouwer To: Nick Warne Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: a.out support - status Message-ID: <20041204142227.GC8659@pclin040.win.tue.nl> References: <200412041318.49524.nick@linicks.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200412041318.49524.nick@linicks.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2i X-Spam-DCC: : Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sat, Dec 04, 2004 at 01:18:49PM +0000, Nick Warne wrote: > What is the consensus on having a.out now in the kernel - would only people > that run old binaries and/or developers need this function? Would I need it > on a modern box doing just normal usage? > > I googled a bit, but the only information I find is very old. Only people running old binaries need it. The kernel harasses them with messages like "fd_offset is not page aligned. Please convert program: ..."