Re: [PATCH] make 2.3.14 sulk quietly about unaligned a.out objects

Pavel Machek (pavel@bug.ucw.cz)
Fri, 20 Aug 1999 13:02:26 +0200


Hi!

> Someplace in either 2.2 or 2.3, binfmt_aout started printk'ing like
> mad about unaligned a.out libraries and binaries. For most people,
> this isn't a problem because it would take an act of congress to
> make them use a.out, but it's a BIG problem for Mastodon; this
> patch makes binfmt_aout simply sulk quietly about alignments.

Well - I think that Linus is prepared to drop support for unaligned
a.out binaries in 2.5 or so. If they complain now, they may not work
tommorow.

> ____
> david parsons \bi/ Hopefully 2.3.15 isn't too different from 2.3.14
> \/

Please - your spam detterent is too successfull - it deters me to as I
don't known which '.' to keep.

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