Re: CVS commit: src/usr.bin/elf2aout

["Michael L. Hitch" <mhitch%lightning.msu.montana.edu@localhost>]

On Wed, 12 Aug 2009, Matt Thomas wrote:

> On Aug 12, 2009, at 7:07 PM, Rafal Boni wrote:
...
> > > Log Message:
> > > Don't build for MIPS anymore
> >
> > I'm pretty sure some IP22 (and probably older SGI) PROMS don't deal with
> > ELF kernels and needed the a.out version...

  Are you sure those aren't ecoff?  The build shows several ecoff kernels
in sgimips/binary/kernel.

> Really?  If so I'd expect there to be a mips-elf2aout in tools but there 
> isn't.  So what's using it?

--
Michael L. Hitch                        mhitch%montana.edu@localhost
Computer Consultant
Information Technology Center
Montana State University        Bozeman, MT     USA