[PATCH mm] Remove deprecation of a.out ELF interpreters

From: Andi Kleen
Date: Wed Jan 30 2008 - 03:40:53 EST



Andrew has already queued the patch to remove the support for a.out
ELF interpreters. So remove the deprecation with it too.

Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxxx>

Index: linux/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
===================================================================
--- linux.orig/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
+++ linux/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
@@ -107,17 +107,6 @@ Who: Eric Biederman <ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxx

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-What: a.out interpreter support for ELF executables
-When: 2.6.25
-Files: fs/binfmt_elf.c
-Why: Using a.out interpreters for ELF executables was a feature for
- transition from a.out to ELF. But now it is unlikely to be still
- needed anymore and removing it would simplify the hairy ELF
- loader code.
-Who: Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxxx>
-
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-
What: remove EXPORT_SYMBOL(kernel_thread)
When: August 2006
Files: arch/*/kernel/*_ksyms.c
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