Josh Tolbert <hemi@scoundrelz.net> writes:

> Hi again,
> 	I noticed that the latest -current snapshot kernel of
> NetBSD/dreamcast is an ELF binary. I grabbed the kernel, burned a CD and
> slapped it in the DC...The DC displays the Dreamcast logo, then the Sega
> license, then flashes twice and reboots.
> 	Since the -current snapshot kernel was an ELF binary, I decided to
> try one of the "odd" kernels I'd built that was of the same type, with the
> same results; a couple of flashes and a reboot. Oddly enough, my kernel
> was about twice the size of the -current kernel, using the stock
> 1.6-RC1 src/sys/arch/dreamcast/GENERIC config file.
> 	What's going on with the odd binary type? I thought sh3l wanted
> COFF binaries? The cross/shel-netbsdcoff port installed things that built
> a COFF binary kernel when I actually was able to build one, yet the "odd"
> 1.6-RC1 cross-compile (without using cross/shel-netbsdcoff) kernel was an
> ELF binary. Did someone decide to switch to ELF, or did I (and whoever
> built the -current snapshot kernel) screw up somewhere?


Since nobody really wants COFF (ELF is much nicer), the SuperH port
has switched over to ELF several months ago.


  // Marcus