> 
> If NetBSD is truly the only remaining users of binutils mips-ecoff,
> then I guess we should contemplate switching to our own
> ELF-to-ECOFF-loader converters?  Are you saying that's where we should
> be heading, or more that we should start thinking about it ASAP?

Well, there's no reason to take out the format conversion, but if no one
is using the mips-ecoff assembler then we likely don't need the support
in the assembler anymore.

-eric