can't execute a.out binaries with recent kernels

[Davide Chiarello]

I use Linux in my Pharmacy running a SCO based program with iBCS emulator (it needed only a little porting work for some shells). I think that's GREAT!   With kernels 2.0.36 everything works but with some recent ones like 2.2.14-22 I can't run a.out programs anymore: I get a "Segmentation fault" What should I do, who should I ask?   DETAILS: file outputs this format: ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ./cmodem/fr.out: Microsoft a.out separate pure segmented word-swapped not-stripped V2.3 V3.0 386 small model executable not stripped ----------------------------------------------------------------------- (fr.out is the program)   trace gives this output: ---------------------------------------------------------- XOUT: binfmt_xout entry: ./fr.out XOUT: 0001 8048 003f 00 00000400 0000542c 0000542c 00000000 XOUT: 0002 8044 0047 00 00005c00 00001288 000021b0 01880000 XOUT: flushing executable XOUT: entry point = 0x3f:0x00000000 XOUT: mmap to 0x00000000 from 0x00000400, length 0x0000542c XOUT: start code 0x00000000, end code 0x0000542c, end data 0x000066b4, brk 0x000075dc XOUT: loader forces seg fault (status=-22) XOUT: binfmt_xout: result = 0 -------------------------------------------