Subject: Re: 64-bit cobalt processor
To: None <port-cobalt@netbsd.org>
From: Toru Nishimura <nisimura@itc.aist-nara.ac.jp>
List: port-cobalt
Date: 04/04/2000 14:54:43
> The Cobalt Raq/Qube(1 & 2), from what I understand are all the same
> hardware (excluding mhz), and are 64-bit capable, however the linux
> port does not use the mips chip at 64-bit, but instead uses a forked
> linux kernel 2.0.34 modified, but only uses it to address
> up to 32-bit's, does the NetBSD port address all 64-bits?  If so,
> wee!, if not, too bad!  But in any case I will be converting my one
> RaQ over to NetBSD.

NetBSD/mips has 32bit address space either for kernel and user processes.
NetBSD/mips64 is planned, but not materialized, yet.  NetBSD/arc would
have 64bit paddr_t in near future, though.  Nice and encourage movement.
I'm seriously hacking NetBSD/mips pmap.c in these days.

Tohru Nishimura