Subject: Re: 64-bit cobalt processor
To: Myron Davis <myrond@linmail.org>
From: Soren S. Jorvang <soren@wheel.dk>
List: port-cobalt
Date: 04/04/2000 11:55:19
On Mon, Apr 03, 2000 at 11:04:14PM -0700, Myron Davis wrote:
> 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

The 1 models were 150 MHz I believe.

> 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,

No point really. The hardware supports no more than 256 MB of
physical memory, so 64-bit addressing would just be a waste.

That isn't to say that mips64 code wouldn't be useful for some
other MIPS-based machines..


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Soren