Subject: Re: 64-bit cobalt processor
To: Soren S. Jorvang <soren@wheel.dk>
From: David Brownlee <abs@netbsd.org>
List: port-cobalt
Date: 04/04/2000 13:44:59
On Tue, 4 Apr 2000, Soren S. Jorvang wrote:
> > 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.
>
It would be useful to someone working on large sparse data sets :)
> That isn't to say that mips64 code wouldn't be useful for some
> other MIPS-based machines..
Definitely...
David/absolute