> Is there some reason to not try the following approach to going
> multiuser with NetBSD on a decstation:
> 
> 	* Use gcc -nostdinc on a decstation to compile libc.a &c on a
> 	* Use gcc to compile a root partition and whatever
> 	  is needed to go multiuser, to .o files.
> 	* Use gcc -nostdinc -l<cross-compiled .a files> to  link those
> 	  .o files, and the .a files produced first, into ECOFF executables,
> 	  containing _native_ NetBSD syscalls
> 	* Use GNU ld or  a specially-written utility to smash
> 	  the ECOFF binaries into native [i.e., non-emulatnio-mode]
> 	  Netbsd (a.out?) format for the PMAX.

A number of months ago I tried to "configure --target-mips-dec-bsd ..." for 
gcc, and the utilities (as, ld, ar, etc). I didn't get very far. I think I was 
using 2.5.5 at the time. The release notes in the GNU code don't indicate that 
newer versions would make this any easier. So, in summary, my experience was 
that this required a fair bit of work to get the cross compiler working...

- Marc
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