> The Linux exec strategy seems to be to usurp whatever the "native"
> ABI is on any given machine.   Linux now uses ELF on i386, ECOFF on
> Alphas;  I don't know about linux/sparc, but I'd guess it uses the
> same format as Solaris.   

FYI:

Linux is, and has been for quite some time, moving to ELF on the
Alpha.  Indeed, development of ELF for NetBSD/Alpha has only been
possible because Linux was doing it (because i leveraged all their
work).  However, their ELF systems have suffered the same bugs that
have kept me from releasing 'supported' ELF support for NetBSD/Alpha.
Thankfully, those bugs are pretty much gone now.



cgd