Quoting Michael Richardson,

>     Jason> Linux ELF executables _do_ work under NetBSD.

>   But not if you also have SVR4 emulation as well. Can
> arch/i386/conf/GENERIC be changed to reflect this? One should be
> enabled by default, I suggest linux.

No, no, no. Only _statically linked_ Linux binaries will not work because
the SVR4 emulation will grab them (it gets there first). Dynamically linked
binaries are fine, and they should be the majority of applications.

This should be in a FAQ. Or I'll update the manpages..

- Frank