Re: 5.1 kernel and 32 bit executables?

2019-06-06 Thread Tom Horsley
On Thu, 06 Jun 2019 18:53:01 +0200 Louis Lagendijk wrote: > Are this files in a.out format? 5.1 removes support for a.out: > https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Linux-Dropping-A.Out Nah. I think they are calling a system service that didn't exist (which they were prepared to ignor

Re: 5.1 kernel and 32 bit executables?

2019-06-06 Thread Louis Lagendijk
On Thu, 2019-06-06 at 09:56 -0400, Tom Horsley wrote: > On Thu, 6 Jun 2019 08:19:17 -0400 > Tom Horsley wrote: > > > (When I get a chance I'll boot the old kernel and > > make sure it still works and this isn't something > > different than I suspect). > > Yep, the tests run correctly with the 5.0

Re: 5.1 kernel and 32 bit executables?

2019-06-06 Thread Tom Horsley
On Thu, 6 Jun 2019 08:19:17 -0400 Tom Horsley wrote: > (When I get a chance I'll boot the old kernel and > make sure it still works and this isn't something > different than I suspect). Yep, the tests run correctly with the 5.0.17 kernel booted. The programs were only linked 16 years ago :-). ___

5.1 kernel and 32 bit executables?

2019-06-06 Thread Tom Horsley
I have some very, very old (ancient, in fact) 32 bit statically linked executables run as part of a testbed. With the new 5.1.6-300.fc30.x86_64 kernel installed this morning, they are all failing because the programs are confused by something in the initial code before they even get to the main p