Re: [PATCH for mm] Remove iBCS support

[Giulio]

Andi Kleen <andi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>> I think I do.  You appear to be arguing that small businesses, such as
>> paint shops or garages, could re-install iBCS2 support. 
>
>You seem to be under the illusion that iBCS2 support works currently
>in mainline and that only this patch would break it. That's not 
>the case.
>
>It's a significant patchkit that was only available in 2.4 and is
>now missing a lot of infrastructure and would probably be significant

AFAIK ibcs is fully functional in 2.6 via external modules (no patch
needed).
http://downloads.sourceforge.net/linux-abi/ibcs-3_4.tgz

If your proposed change goes in, I think a patch will be necessary (ie no
more kmod-ibcs-.....)
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