diff --git a/arch/mips/boot/Makefile b/arch/mips/boot/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..efbeac3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/mips/boot/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+#
+# This file is subject to the terms and conditions of the GNU General Public
+# License.  See the file "COPYING" in the main directory of this archive
+# for more details.
+#
+# Copyright (C) 1995, 1998, 2001, 2002 by Ralf Baechle
+# Copyright (C) 2004  Maciej W. Rozycki
+#
+
+#
+# Some DECstations need all possible sections of an ECOFF executable
+#
+ifdef CONFIG_MACH_DECSTATION
+  E2EFLAGS = -a
+else
+  E2EFLAGS =
+endif
+
+#
+# Drop some uninteresting sections in the kernel.
+# This is only relevant for ELF kernels but doesn't hurt a.out
+#
+drop-sections	= .reginfo .mdebug .comment .note .pdr .options .MIPS.options
+strip-flags	= $(addprefix --remove-section=,$(drop-sections))
+
+VMLINUX = vmlinux
+
+all: vmlinux.ecoff vmlinux.srec addinitrd
+
+vmlinux.ecoff: $(obj)/elf2ecoff $(VMLINUX)
+	$(obj)/elf2ecoff $(VMLINUX) vmlinux.ecoff $(E2EFLAGS)
+
+$(obj)/elf2ecoff: $(obj)/elf2ecoff.c
+	$(HOSTCC) -o $@ $^
+
+vmlinux.srec: $(VMLINUX)
+	$(OBJCOPY) -S -O srec $(strip-flags) $(VMLINUX) $(obj)/vmlinux.srec
+
+$(obj)/addinitrd: $(obj)/addinitrd.c
+	$(HOSTCC) -o $@ $^
+
+archhelp:
+	@echo	'* vmlinux.ecoff	- ECOFF boot image'
+	@echo	'* vmlinux.srec		- SREC boot image'
+
+clean-files += addinitrd \
+	       elf2ecoff \
+	       vmlinux.ecoff \
+	       vmlinux.srec
diff --git a/arch/mips/boot/addinitrd.c b/arch/mips/boot/addinitrd.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8b30333
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/mips/boot/addinitrd.c
@@ -0,0 +1,131 @@
+/*
+ * addinitrd - program to add a initrd image to an ecoff kernel
+ *
+ * (C) 1999 Thomas Bogendoerfer
+ * minor modifications, cleanup: Guido Guenther <agx@sigxcpu.org>
+ * further cleanup: Maciej W. Rozycki
+ */
+
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <netinet/in.h>
+
+#include "ecoff.h"
+
+#define MIPS_PAGE_SIZE	4096
+#define MIPS_PAGE_MASK	(MIPS_PAGE_SIZE-1)
+
+#define swab16(x) \
+        ((unsigned short)( \
+                (((unsigned short)(x) & (unsigned short)0x00ffU) << 8) | \
+                (((unsigned short)(x) & (unsigned short)0xff00U) >> 8) ))
+
+#define swab32(x) \
+        ((unsigned int)( \
+                (((unsigned int)(x) & (unsigned int)0x000000ffUL) << 24) | \
+                (((unsigned int)(x) & (unsigned int)0x0000ff00UL) <<  8) | \
+                (((unsigned int)(x) & (unsigned int)0x00ff0000UL) >>  8) | \
+                (((unsigned int)(x) & (unsigned int)0xff000000UL) >> 24) ))
+
+#define SWAB(a)	(swab ? swab32(a) : (a))
+
+void die (char *s)
+{
+	perror (s);
+	exit (1);
+}
+
+int main (int argc, char *argv[])
+{
+	int fd_vmlinux,fd_initrd,fd_outfile;
+	FILHDR efile;
+	AOUTHDR eaout;
+	SCNHDR esecs[3];
+	struct stat st;
+	char buf[1024];
+	unsigned long loadaddr;
+	unsigned long initrd_header[2];
+	int i,cnt;
+	int swab = 0;
+
+	if (argc != 4) {
+		printf ("Usage: %s <vmlinux> <initrd> <outfile>\n",argv[0]);
+		exit (1);
+	}
+
+	if ((fd_vmlinux = open (argv[1],O_RDONLY)) < 0)
+		 die ("open vmlinux");
+	if (read (fd_vmlinux, &efile, sizeof efile) != sizeof efile)
+		die ("read file header");
+	if (read (fd_vmlinux, &eaout, sizeof eaout) != sizeof eaout)
+		die ("read aout header");
+	if (read (fd_vmlinux, esecs, sizeof esecs) != sizeof esecs)
+		die ("read section headers");
+	/*
+	 * check whether the file is good for us
+	 */
+	/* TBD */
+
+	/*
+	 * check, if we have to swab words
+	 */
+	if (ntohs(0xaa55) == 0xaa55) {
+		if (efile.f_magic == swab16(MIPSELMAGIC))
+			swab = 1;
+	} else {
+		if (efile.f_magic == swab16(MIPSEBMAGIC))
+			swab = 1;
+	}
+
+	/* make sure we have an empty data segment for the initrd */
+	if (eaout.dsize || esecs[1].s_size) {
+		fprintf (stderr, "Data segment not empty. Giving up!\n");
+		exit (1);
+	}
+	if ((fd_initrd = open (argv[2], O_RDONLY)) < 0)
+		die ("open initrd");
+	if (fstat (fd_initrd, &st) < 0)
+		die ("fstat initrd");
+	loadaddr = ((SWAB(esecs[2].s_vaddr) + SWAB(esecs[2].s_size)
+			+ MIPS_PAGE_SIZE-1) & ~MIPS_PAGE_MASK) - 8;
+	if (loadaddr < (SWAB(esecs[2].s_vaddr) + SWAB(esecs[2].s_size)))
+		loadaddr += MIPS_PAGE_SIZE;
+	initrd_header[0] = SWAB(0x494E5244);
+	initrd_header[1] = SWAB(st.st_size);
+	eaout.dsize = esecs[1].s_size = initrd_header[1] = SWAB(st.st_size+8);
+	eaout.data_start = esecs[1].s_vaddr = esecs[1].s_paddr = SWAB(loadaddr);
+
+	if ((fd_outfile = open (argv[3], O_RDWR|O_CREAT|O_TRUNC,0666)) < 0)
+		die ("open outfile");
+	if (write (fd_outfile, &efile, sizeof efile) != sizeof efile)
+		die ("write file header");
+	if (write (fd_outfile, &eaout, sizeof eaout) != sizeof eaout)
+		die ("write aout header");
+	if (write (fd_outfile, esecs, sizeof esecs) != sizeof esecs)
+		die ("write section headers");
+	/* skip padding */
+	if(lseek(fd_vmlinux, SWAB(esecs[0].s_scnptr), SEEK_SET) == (off_t)-1)
+		die ("lseek vmlinux");
+	if(lseek(fd_outfile, SWAB(esecs[0].s_scnptr), SEEK_SET) == (off_t)-1)
+		die ("lseek outfile");
+	/* copy text segment */
+	cnt = SWAB(eaout.tsize);
+	while (cnt) {
+		if ((i = read (fd_vmlinux, buf, sizeof buf)) <= 0)
+			die ("read vmlinux");
+		if (write (fd_outfile, buf, i) != i)
+			die ("write vmlinux");
+		cnt -= i;
+	}
+	if (write (fd_outfile, initrd_header, sizeof initrd_header) != sizeof initrd_header)
+		die ("write initrd header");
+	while ((i = read (fd_initrd, buf, sizeof buf)) > 0)
+		if (write (fd_outfile, buf, i) != i)
+			die ("write initrd");
+	close (fd_vmlinux);
+	close (fd_initrd);
+	return 0;
+}
diff --git a/arch/mips/boot/ecoff.h b/arch/mips/boot/ecoff.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8c3eed2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/mips/boot/ecoff.h
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+/*
+ * Some ECOFF definitions.
+ */
+typedef struct filehdr {
+        unsigned short  f_magic;        /* magic number */
+        unsigned short  f_nscns;        /* number of sections */
+        long            f_timdat;       /* time & date stamp */
+        long            f_symptr;       /* file pointer to symbolic header */
+        long            f_nsyms;        /* sizeof(symbolic hdr) */
+        unsigned short  f_opthdr;       /* sizeof(optional hdr) */
+        unsigned short  f_flags;        /* flags */
+} FILHDR;
+#define FILHSZ  sizeof(FILHDR)
+
+#define OMAGIC		0407
+#define MIPSEBMAGIC	0x160
+#define MIPSELMAGIC	0x162
+
+typedef struct scnhdr {
+        char            s_name[8];      /* section name */
+        long            s_paddr;        /* physical address, aliased s_nlib */
+        long            s_vaddr;        /* virtual address */
+        long            s_size;         /* section size */
+        long            s_scnptr;       /* file ptr to raw data for section */
+        long            s_relptr;       /* file ptr to relocation */
+        long            s_lnnoptr;      /* file ptr to gp histogram */
+        unsigned short  s_nreloc;       /* number of relocation entries */
+        unsigned short  s_nlnno;        /* number of gp histogram entries */
+        long            s_flags;        /* flags */
+} SCNHDR;
+#define SCNHSZ		sizeof(SCNHDR)
+#define SCNROUND	((long)16)
+
+typedef struct aouthdr {
+        short   magic;          /* see above                            */
+        short   vstamp;         /* version stamp                        */
+        long    tsize;          /* text size in bytes, padded to DW bdry*/
+        long    dsize;          /* initialized data "  "                */
+        long    bsize;          /* uninitialized data "   "             */
+        long    entry;          /* entry pt.                            */
+        long    text_start;     /* base of text used for this file      */
+        long    data_start;     /* base of data used for this file      */
+        long    bss_start;      /* base of bss used for this file       */
+        long    gprmask;        /* general purpose register mask        */
+        long    cprmask[4];     /* co-processor register masks          */
+        long    gp_value;       /* the gp value used for this object    */
+} AOUTHDR;
+#define AOUTHSZ sizeof(AOUTHDR)
+
+#define OMAGIC		0407
+#define NMAGIC		0410
+#define ZMAGIC		0413
+#define SMAGIC		0411
+#define LIBMAGIC        0443
+
+#define N_TXTOFF(f, a) \
+ ((a).magic == ZMAGIC || (a).magic == LIBMAGIC ? 0 : \
+  ((a).vstamp < 23 ? \
+   ((FILHSZ + AOUTHSZ + (f).f_nscns * SCNHSZ + 7) & 0xfffffff8) : \
+   ((FILHSZ + AOUTHSZ + (f).f_nscns * SCNHSZ + SCNROUND-1) & ~(SCNROUND-1)) ) )
+#define N_DATOFF(f, a) \
+  N_TXTOFF(f, a) + (a).tsize;
diff --git a/arch/mips/boot/elf2ecoff.c b/arch/mips/boot/elf2ecoff.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c3543d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/mips/boot/elf2ecoff.c
@@ -0,0 +1,616 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 1995
+ *	Ted Lemon (hereinafter referred to as the author)
+ *
+ * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+ * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
+ * are met:
+ * 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+ *    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+ * 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
+ *    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
+ *    documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
+ * 3. The name of the author may not be used to endorse or promote products
+ *    derived from this software without specific prior written permission.
+ *
+ * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR ``AS IS'' AND
+ * ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
+ * IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
+ * ARE DISCLAIMED.  IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE
+ * FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
+ * DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS
+ * OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION)
+ * HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT
+ * LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY
+ * OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
+ * SUCH DAMAGE.
+ */
+
+/* elf2ecoff.c
+
+   This program converts an elf executable to an ECOFF executable.
+   No symbol table is retained.   This is useful primarily in building
+   net-bootable kernels for machines (e.g., DECstation and Alpha) which
+   only support the ECOFF object file format. */
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <elf.h>
+#include <limits.h>
+#include <netinet/in.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+
+#include "ecoff.h"
+
+/*
+ * Some extra ELF definitions
+ */
+#define PT_MIPS_REGINFO 0x70000000	/* Register usage information */
+
+/* -------------------------------------------------------------------- */
+
+struct sect {
+	unsigned long vaddr;
+	unsigned long len;
+};
+
+int *symTypeTable;
+int must_convert_endian = 0;
+int format_bigendian = 0;
+
+static void copy(int out, int in, off_t offset, off_t size)
+{
+	char ibuf[4096];
+	int remaining, cur, count;
+
+	/* Go to the start of the ELF symbol table... */
+	if (lseek(in, offset, SEEK_SET) < 0) {
+		perror("copy: lseek");
+		exit(1);
+	}
+
+	remaining = size;
+	while (remaining) {
+		cur = remaining;
+		if (cur > sizeof ibuf)
+			cur = sizeof ibuf;
+		remaining -= cur;
+		if ((count = read(in, ibuf, cur)) != cur) {
+			fprintf(stderr, "copy: read: %s\n",
+				count ? strerror(errno) :
+				"premature end of file");
+			exit(1);
+		}
+		if ((count = write(out, ibuf, cur)) != cur) {
+			perror("copy: write");
+			exit(1);
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+/*
+ * Combine two segments, which must be contiguous.   If pad is true, it's
+ * okay for there to be padding between.
+ */
+static void combine(struct sect *base, struct sect *new, int pad)
+{
+	if (!base->len)
+		*base = *new;
+	else if (new->len) {
+		if (base->vaddr + base->len != new->vaddr) {
+			if (pad)
+				base->len = new->vaddr - base->vaddr;
+			else {
+				fprintf(stderr,
+					"Non-contiguous data can't be converted.\n");
+				exit(1);
+			}
+		}
+		base->len += new->len;
+	}
+}
+
+static int phcmp(const void *v1, const void *v2)
+{
+	const Elf32_Phdr *h1 = v1;
+	const Elf32_Phdr *h2 = v2;
+
+	if (h1->p_vaddr > h2->p_vaddr)
+		return 1;
+	else if (h1->p_vaddr < h2->p_vaddr)
+		return -1;
+	else
+		return 0;
+}
+
+static char *saveRead(int file, off_t offset, off_t len, char *name)
+{
+	char *tmp;
+	int count;
+	off_t off;
+	if ((off = lseek(file, offset, SEEK_SET)) < 0) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "%s: fseek: %s\n", name, strerror(errno));
+		exit(1);
+	}
+	if (!(tmp = (char *) malloc(len))) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "%s: Can't allocate %ld bytes.\n", name,
+			len);
+		exit(1);
+	}
+	count = read(file, tmp, len);
+	if (count != len) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "%s: read: %s.\n",
+			name,
+			count ? strerror(errno) : "End of file reached");
+		exit(1);
+	}
+	return tmp;
+}
+
+#define swab16(x) \
+	((unsigned short)( \
+		(((unsigned short)(x) & (unsigned short)0x00ffU) << 8) | \
+		(((unsigned short)(x) & (unsigned short)0xff00U) >> 8) ))
+
+#define swab32(x) \
+	((unsigned int)( \
+		(((unsigned int)(x) & (unsigned int)0x000000ffUL) << 24) | \
+		(((unsigned int)(x) & (unsigned int)0x0000ff00UL) <<  8) | \
+		(((unsigned int)(x) & (unsigned int)0x00ff0000UL) >>  8) | \
+		(((unsigned int)(x) & (unsigned int)0xff000000UL) >> 24) ))
+
+static void convert_elf_hdr(Elf32_Ehdr * e)
+{
+	e->e_type = swab16(e->e_type);
+	e->e_machine = swab16(e->e_machine);
+	e->e_version = swab32(e->e_version);
+	e->e_entry = swab32(e->e_entry);
+	e->e_phoff = swab32(e->e_phoff);
+	e->e_shoff = swab32(e->e_shoff);
+	e->e_flags = swab32(e->e_flags);
+	e->e_ehsize = swab16(e->e_ehsize);
+	e->e_phentsize = swab16(e->e_phentsize);
+	e->e_phnum = swab16(e->e_phnum);
+	e->e_shentsize = swab16(e->e_shentsize);
+	e->e_shnum = swab16(e->e_shnum);
+	e->e_shstrndx = swab16(e->e_shstrndx);
+}
+
+static void convert_elf_phdrs(Elf32_Phdr * p, int num)
+{
+	int i;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < num; i++, p++) {
+		p->p_type = swab32(p->p_type);
+		p->p_offset = swab32(p->p_offset);
+		p->p_vaddr = swab32(p->p_vaddr);
+		p->p_paddr = swab32(p->p_paddr);
+		p->p_filesz = swab32(p->p_filesz);
+		p->p_memsz = swab32(p->p_memsz);
+		p->p_flags = swab32(p->p_flags);
+		p->p_align = swab32(p->p_align);
+	}
+
+}
+
+static void convert_elf_shdrs(Elf32_Shdr * s, int num)
+{
+	int i;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < num; i++, s++) {
+		s->sh_name = swab32(s->sh_name);
+		s->sh_type = swab32(s->sh_type);
+		s->sh_flags = swab32(s->sh_flags);
+		s->sh_addr = swab32(s->sh_addr);
+		s->sh_offset = swab32(s->sh_offset);
+		s->sh_size = swab32(s->sh_size);
+		s->sh_link = swab32(s->sh_link);
+		s->sh_info = swab32(s->sh_info);
+		s->sh_addralign = swab32(s->sh_addralign);
+		s->sh_entsize = swab32(s->sh_entsize);
+	}
+}
+
+static void convert_ecoff_filehdr(struct filehdr *f)
+{
+	f->f_magic = swab16(f->f_magic);
+	f->f_nscns = swab16(f->f_nscns);
+	f->f_timdat = swab32(f->f_timdat);
+	f->f_symptr = swab32(f->f_symptr);
+	f->f_nsyms = swab32(f->f_nsyms);
+	f->f_opthdr = swab16(f->f_opthdr);
+	f->f_flags = swab16(f->f_flags);
+}
+
+static void convert_ecoff_aouthdr(struct aouthdr *a)
+{
+	a->magic = swab16(a->magic);
+	a->vstamp = swab16(a->vstamp);
+	a->tsize = swab32(a->tsize);
+	a->dsize = swab32(a->dsize);
+	a->bsize = swab32(a->bsize);
+	a->entry = swab32(a->entry);
+	a->text_start = swab32(a->text_start);
+	a->data_start = swab32(a->data_start);
+	a->bss_start = swab32(a->bss_start);
+	a->gprmask = swab32(a->gprmask);
+	a->cprmask[0] = swab32(a->cprmask[0]);
+	a->cprmask[1] = swab32(a->cprmask[1]);
+	a->cprmask[2] = swab32(a->cprmask[2]);
+	a->cprmask[3] = swab32(a->cprmask[3]);
+	a->gp_value = swab32(a->gp_value);
+}
+
+static void convert_ecoff_esecs(struct scnhdr *s, int num)
+{
+	int i;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < num; i++, s++) {
+		s->s_paddr = swab32(s->s_paddr);
+		s->s_vaddr = swab32(s->s_vaddr);
+		s->s_size = swab32(s->s_size);
+		s->s_scnptr = swab32(s->s_scnptr);
+		s->s_relptr = swab32(s->s_relptr);
+		s->s_lnnoptr = swab32(s->s_lnnoptr);
+		s->s_nreloc = swab16(s->s_nreloc);
+		s->s_nlnno = swab16(s->s_nlnno);
+		s->s_flags = swab32(s->s_flags);
+	}
+}
+
+int main(int argc, char *argv[])
+{
+	Elf32_Ehdr ex;
+	Elf32_Phdr *ph;
+	Elf32_Shdr *sh;
+	char *shstrtab;
+	int i, pad;
+	struct sect text, data, bss;
+	struct filehdr efh;
+	struct aouthdr eah;
+	struct scnhdr esecs[6];
+	int infile, outfile;
+	unsigned long cur_vma = ULONG_MAX;
+	int addflag = 0;
+	int nosecs;
+
+	text.len = data.len = bss.len = 0;
+	text.vaddr = data.vaddr = bss.vaddr = 0;
+
+	/* Check args... */
+	if (argc < 3 || argc > 4) {
+	      usage:
+		fprintf(stderr,
+			"usage: elf2ecoff <elf executable> <ecoff executable> [-a]\n");
+		exit(1);
+	}
+	if (argc == 4) {
+		if (strcmp(argv[3], "-a"))
+			goto usage;
+		addflag = 1;
+	}
+
+	/* Try the input file... */
+	if ((infile = open(argv[1], O_RDONLY)) < 0) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "Can't open %s for read: %s\n",
+			argv[1], strerror(errno));
+		exit(1);
+	}
+
+	/* Read the header, which is at the beginning of the file... */
+	i = read(infile, &ex, sizeof ex);
+	if (i != sizeof ex) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "ex: %s: %s.\n",
+			argv[1],
+			i ? strerror(errno) : "End of file reached");
+		exit(1);
+	}
+
+	if (ex.e_ident[EI_DATA] == ELFDATA2MSB)
+		format_bigendian = 1;
+
+	if (ntohs(0xaa55) == 0xaa55) {
+		if (!format_bigendian)
+			must_convert_endian = 1;
+	} else {
+		if (format_bigendian)
+			must_convert_endian = 1;
+	}
+	if (must_convert_endian)
+		convert_elf_hdr(&ex);
+
+	/* Read the program headers... */
+	ph = (Elf32_Phdr *) saveRead(infile, ex.e_phoff,
+				     ex.e_phnum * sizeof(Elf32_Phdr),
+				     "ph");
+	if (must_convert_endian)
+		convert_elf_phdrs(ph, ex.e_phnum);
+	/* Read the section headers... */
+	sh = (Elf32_Shdr *) saveRead(infile, ex.e_shoff,
+				     ex.e_shnum * sizeof(Elf32_Shdr),
+				     "sh");
+	if (must_convert_endian)
+		convert_elf_shdrs(sh, ex.e_shnum);
+	/* Read in the section string table. */
+	shstrtab = saveRead(infile, sh[ex.e_shstrndx].sh_offset,
+			    sh[ex.e_shstrndx].sh_size, "shstrtab");
+
+	/* Figure out if we can cram the program header into an ECOFF
+	   header...  Basically, we can't handle anything but loadable
+	   segments, but we can ignore some kinds of segments.  We can't
+	   handle holes in the address space.  Segments may be out of order,
+	   so we sort them first. */
+
+	qsort(ph, ex.e_phnum, sizeof(Elf32_Phdr), phcmp);
+
+	for (i = 0; i < ex.e_phnum; i++) {
+		/* Section types we can ignore... */
+		if (ph[i].p_type == PT_NULL || ph[i].p_type == PT_NOTE ||
+		    ph[i].p_type == PT_PHDR
+		    || ph[i].p_type == PT_MIPS_REGINFO)
+			continue;
+		/* Section types we can't handle... */
+		else if (ph[i].p_type != PT_LOAD) {
+			fprintf(stderr,
+				"Program header %d type %d can't be converted.\n",
+				ex.e_phnum, ph[i].p_type);
+			exit(1);
+		}
+		/* Writable (data) segment? */
+		if (ph[i].p_flags & PF_W) {
+			struct sect ndata, nbss;
+
+			ndata.vaddr = ph[i].p_vaddr;
+			ndata.len = ph[i].p_filesz;
+			nbss.vaddr = ph[i].p_vaddr + ph[i].p_filesz;
+			nbss.len = ph[i].p_memsz - ph[i].p_filesz;
+
+			combine(&data, &ndata, 0);
+			combine(&bss, &nbss, 1);
+		} else {
+			struct sect ntxt;
+
+			ntxt.vaddr = ph[i].p_vaddr;
+			ntxt.len = ph[i].p_filesz;
+
+			combine(&text, &ntxt, 0);
+		}
+		/* Remember the lowest segment start address. */
+		if (ph[i].p_vaddr < cur_vma)
+			cur_vma = ph[i].p_vaddr;
+	}
+
+	/* Sections must be in order to be converted... */
+	if (text.vaddr > data.vaddr || data.vaddr > bss.vaddr ||
+	    text.vaddr + text.len > data.vaddr
+	    || data.vaddr + data.len > bss.vaddr) {
+		fprintf(stderr,
+			"Sections ordering prevents a.out conversion.\n");
+		exit(1);
+	}
+
+	/* If there's a data section but no text section, then the loader
+	   combined everything into one section.   That needs to be the
+	   text section, so just make the data section zero length following
+	   text. */
+	if (data.len && !text.len) {
+		text = data;
+		data.vaddr = text.vaddr + text.len;
+		data.len = 0;
+	}
+
+	/* If there is a gap between text and data, we'll fill it when we copy
+	   the data, so update the length of the text segment as represented in
+	   a.out to reflect that, since a.out doesn't allow gaps in the program
+	   address space. */
+	if (text.vaddr + text.len < data.vaddr)
+		text.len = data.vaddr - text.vaddr;
+
+	/* We now have enough information to cons up an a.out header... */
+	eah.magic = OMAGIC;
+	eah.vstamp = 200;
+	eah.tsize = text.len;
+	eah.dsize = data.len;
+	eah.bsize = bss.len;
+	eah.entry = ex.e_entry;
+	eah.text_start = text.vaddr;
+	eah.data_start = data.vaddr;
+	eah.bss_start = bss.vaddr;
+	eah.gprmask = 0xf3fffffe;
+	memset(&eah.cprmask, '\0', sizeof eah.cprmask);
+	eah.gp_value = 0;	/* unused. */
+
+	if (format_bigendian)
+		efh.f_magic = MIPSEBMAGIC;
+	else
+		efh.f_magic = MIPSELMAGIC;
+	if (addflag)
+		nosecs = 6;
+	else
+		nosecs = 3;
+	efh.f_nscns = nosecs;
+	efh.f_timdat = 0;	/* bogus */
+	efh.f_symptr = 0;
+	efh.f_nsyms = 0;
+	efh.f_opthdr = sizeof eah;
+	efh.f_flags = 0x100f;	/* Stripped, not sharable. */
+
+	memset(esecs, 0, sizeof esecs);
+	strcpy(esecs[0].s_name, ".text");
+	strcpy(esecs[1].s_name, ".data");
+	strcpy(esecs[2].s_name, ".bss");
+	if (addflag) {
+		strcpy(esecs[3].s_name, ".rdata");
+		strcpy(esecs[4].s_name, ".sdata");
+		strcpy(esecs[5].s_name, ".sbss");
+	}
+	esecs[0].s_paddr = esecs[0].s_vaddr = eah.text_start;
+	esecs[1].s_paddr = esecs[1].s_vaddr = eah.data_start;
+	esecs[2].s_paddr = esecs[2].s_vaddr = eah.bss_start;
+	if (addflag) {
+		esecs[3].s_paddr = esecs[3].s_vaddr = 0;
+		esecs[4].s_paddr = esecs[4].s_vaddr = 0;
+		esecs[5].s_paddr = esecs[5].s_vaddr = 0;
+	}
+	esecs[0].s_size = eah.tsize;
+	esecs[1].s_size = eah.dsize;
+	esecs[2].s_size = eah.bsize;
+	if (addflag) {
+		esecs[3].s_size = 0;
+		esecs[4].s_size = 0;
+		esecs[5].s_size = 0;
+	}
+	esecs[0].s_scnptr = N_TXTOFF(efh, eah);
+	esecs[1].s_scnptr = N_DATOFF(efh, eah);
+#define ECOFF_SEGMENT_ALIGNMENT(a) 0x10
+#define ECOFF_ROUND(s,a) (((s)+(a)-1)&~((a)-1))
+	esecs[2].s_scnptr = esecs[1].s_scnptr +
+	    ECOFF_ROUND(esecs[1].s_size, ECOFF_SEGMENT_ALIGNMENT(&eah));
+	if (addflag) {
+		esecs[3].s_scnptr = 0;
+		esecs[4].s_scnptr = 0;
+		esecs[5].s_scnptr = 0;
+	}
+	esecs[0].s_relptr = esecs[1].s_relptr = esecs[2].s_relptr = 0;
+	esecs[0].s_lnnoptr = esecs[1].s_lnnoptr = esecs[2].s_lnnoptr = 0;
+	esecs[0].s_nreloc = esecs[1].s_nreloc = esecs[2].s_nreloc = 0;
+	esecs[0].s_nlnno = esecs[1].s_nlnno = esecs[2].s_nlnno = 0;
+	if (addflag) {
+		esecs[3].s_relptr = esecs[4].s_relptr
+		    = esecs[5].s_relptr = 0;
+		esecs[3].s_lnnoptr = esecs[4].s_lnnoptr
+		    = esecs[5].s_lnnoptr = 0;
+		esecs[3].s_nreloc = esecs[4].s_nreloc = esecs[5].s_nreloc =
+		    0;
+		esecs[3].s_nlnno = esecs[4].s_nlnno = esecs[5].s_nlnno = 0;
+	}
+	esecs[0].s_flags = 0x20;
+	esecs[1].s_flags = 0x40;
+	esecs[2].s_flags = 0x82;
+	if (addflag) {
+		esecs[3].s_flags = 0x100;
+		esecs[4].s_flags = 0x200;
+		esecs[5].s_flags = 0x400;
+	}
+
+	/* Make the output file... */
+	if ((outfile = open(argv[2], O_WRONLY | O_CREAT, 0777)) < 0) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "Unable to create %s: %s\n", argv[2],
+			strerror(errno));
+		exit(1);
+	}
+
+	if (must_convert_endian)
+		convert_ecoff_filehdr(&efh);
+	/* Write the headers... */
+	i = write(outfile, &efh, sizeof efh);
+	if (i != sizeof efh) {
+		perror("efh: write");
+		exit(1);
+
+		for (i = 0; i < nosecs; i++) {
+			printf
+			    ("Section %d: %s phys %lx  size %lx  file offset %lx\n",
+			     i, esecs[i].s_name, esecs[i].s_paddr,
+			     esecs[i].s_size, esecs[i].s_scnptr);
+		}
+	}
+	fprintf(stderr, "wrote %d byte file header.\n", i);
+
+	if (must_convert_endian)
+		convert_ecoff_aouthdr(&eah);
+	i = write(outfile, &eah, sizeof eah);
+	if (i != sizeof eah) {
+		perror("eah: write");
+		exit(1);
+	}
+	fprintf(stderr, "wrote %d byte a.out header.\n", i);
+
+	if (must_convert_endian)
+		convert_ecoff_esecs(&esecs[0], nosecs);
+	i = write(outfile, &esecs, nosecs * sizeof(struct scnhdr));
+	if (i != nosecs * sizeof(struct scnhdr)) {
+		perror("esecs: write");
+		exit(1);
+	}
+	fprintf(stderr, "wrote %d bytes of section headers.\n", i);
+
+	pad = (sizeof(efh) + sizeof(eah) + nosecs * sizeof(struct scnhdr)) & 15;
+	if (pad) {
+		pad = 16 - pad;
+		i = write(outfile, "\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0", pad);
+		if (i < 0) {
+			perror("ipad: write");
+			exit(1);
+		}
+		fprintf(stderr, "wrote %d byte pad.\n", i);
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * Copy the loadable sections.   Zero-fill any gaps less than 64k;
+	 * complain about any zero-filling, and die if we're asked to zero-fill
+	 * more than 64k.
+	 */
+	for (i = 0; i < ex.e_phnum; i++) {
+		/* Unprocessable sections were handled above, so just verify that
+		   the section can be loaded before copying. */
+		if (ph[i].p_type == PT_LOAD && ph[i].p_filesz) {
+			if (cur_vma != ph[i].p_vaddr) {
+				unsigned long gap =
+				    ph[i].p_vaddr - cur_vma;
+				char obuf[1024];
+				if (gap > 65536) {
+					fprintf(stderr,
+						"Intersegment gap (%ld bytes) too large.\n",
+						gap);
+					exit(1);
+				}
+				fprintf(stderr,
+					"Warning: %ld byte intersegment gap.\n",
+					gap);
+				memset(obuf, 0, sizeof obuf);
+				while (gap) {
+					int count =
+					    write(outfile, obuf,
+						  (gap >
+						   sizeof obuf ? sizeof
+						   obuf : gap));
+					if (count < 0) {
+						fprintf(stderr,
+							"Error writing gap: %s\n",
+							strerror(errno));
+						exit(1);
+					}
+					gap -= count;
+				}
+			}
+			fprintf(stderr, "writing %d bytes...\n",
+				ph[i].p_filesz);
+			copy(outfile, infile, ph[i].p_offset,
+			     ph[i].p_filesz);
+			cur_vma = ph[i].p_vaddr + ph[i].p_filesz;
+		}
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * Write a page of padding for boot PROMS that read entire pages.
+	 * Without this, they may attempt to read past the end of the
+	 * data section, incur an error, and refuse to boot.
+	 */
+	{
+		char obuf[4096];
+		memset(obuf, 0, sizeof obuf);
+		if (write(outfile, obuf, sizeof(obuf)) != sizeof(obuf)) {
+			fprintf(stderr, "Error writing PROM padding: %s\n",
+				strerror(errno));
+			exit(1);
+		}
+	}
+
+	/* Looks like we won... */
+	exit(0);
+}