Re: Get rid of them
Paul H. Hargrove (hargrove@sccm.Stanford.EDU)
Sun, 24 Aug 1997 11:51:05 -0700 (PDT)
H. Peter Anvin writes:
[snip]
> After having maintained Linux in a commercial
> environment for years, I know binary compatibility is a *HUGE* issue.
> Make it a CONFIG_* option, fine, but don't remove it for a LONG time.
[snip]
I imagine a lot of the stuff could be dropped if CONFIG_BINFMT_AOUT is
not set. If it is set then a second CONFIG_* option could ask about
keeping the old system calls.
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