In message <20030811143901.GA84572@ik.nu>, you write: 

-> Hi,
-> 
-> I'm trying to build a new kernel for my Sun Ultra Enterprise 1.  The OS
-> is NetBSD 1.6.1.  After a failed attempt to build a kernel from a 
-> GENERIC32-derived config, I tried to build SPLODE.  This, too, failed.
-> The process stops here:
-> 
[...]
-> ld: warning: sparc:v8plus architecture of input file `compat_exec.o.o' is in
-> compatible with sparc:v9 output

Hmmm, are you running a 32-bit userland on your sparc64?  I'm not sure
why else your compiler would be genrating v8 or v8+ output files... I've
never had any issues building, but I've ran a 64-bit userland from the
beginning (call it laziness if you want :-).

--rafal

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Rafal Boni                                                     rafal@pobox.com
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