> In message <200203182114.g2ILElF11587@mrynet.com>, you write: 
> 
> -> The patch to elf2ecoff was perfect.  I have the ecoff machine booted now.
> -> Only problem is, I'm getting TLB misses while sysinst is running pax
> -> to install to disk.  More L2 cache fun, no doubt.
> 
> There's also the cross-capable elf2ecoff which should be in the early
> archives of the list and which I've used ever-since-when; it's basically
> an enhancement to our elf2ecoff that auto-determines the endianness of
> the host and/or the file and adjusts accordingly.
> 
> As far as the TLB misses are concerned, I know of no L2 cache issues on
> R4400/R4000 boxes, so it could well be something else.  I wonder if it's
> related to the serial-console stuff you were seeing earlier (and which I
> haven't had a chance to look at in a loong time).

I think the TLB misses are probably the serial-console problem after all.
After a couple of these errors installing, it completed the Indigo2
installation on the third attempt.

Cheers,
-scott