On Sat, Jan 30, 1999 at 09:15:54PM +0100, Anders Magnusson wrote:

> The big problem here is that all toolchain binaries must be told to
> compile for a.out, but pmax uses ELF as its native format.

pmax kernels are still a.out, since the loader still doesn't grok ELF.
A build of a pmax kernel builds ELF, but also sends it through elf2aout.
Besides, isn't vax ELF now anyway?  ;)

> Otherwise it would be simple, I have set up cross-compile environments
> under NetBSD/i386 many times: Just to 'setenv MACHINE vax; setenv
> MACHINE_ARCH vax' and compile.

This is what I was looking for.  :)  I'll have to play around once I'm
finished supping the vax kernel sources.  So do I have to make a cross
compiler myself, or can I just go into gnu/usr.bin and "make MACHINE=vax
MACHINE_ARCH=vax" and have everything work by magic?

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