Ivan Popov <pin_at_math.chalmers.se> writes:
[...]

Well, we use coda for Linux only,
so no arch specific things apply.

With NFS things are easy, 
you have an automounter 
and your machines grouped, 
with amd mounting the appropriate 
architecture specific ./bin and ./lib

AFS has something similar,
http://oss.software.ibm.com/developerworks/opensource/afs/docs/html/QkBegin/auqbg005.htm#HDRWQ83

With a global filespace like coda
you could mimic sth. like this 
using ./bin/$ARCH ./lib/$ARCH/ 
either directly in your $[LD_LIBRARY_]PATH
or via wrapper scripts.

Or is there a way that cfs mkmount 
does different things on different architectures ?

Yours,
Steffen

P.S.: I still think that this issue is of interest 
      to coda community, that's why it also goes to the list.