Another brief follow up:

On Feb 13, 2007, at 5:10 PM, Peter Froehlich wrote:

>> So I *assume* that there should be some kind of conditional  
>> compilation happening here to avoid sending these out for MIPS I?  
>> On the other hand, why the heck do I need to compile for MIPS I if  
>> I am running NetBSD on a Qube 2 that implements MIPS IV (of which  
>> "sync" is certainly part)? Is there a simple way to tell the build  
>> system to compile for MIPS IV instead? Shouldn't that be happening  
>> for the cobalt port anyway?
>
> In sys/arch/mips/include/lock.h there actually is an #ifdef  
> regarding MIPS I but for some reason it doesn't seem to "fire" when  
> compiling NetBSD-current for the Qube. So there's still something a  
> little inconsistent happening here, probably inside the mega- 
> confusing (for me) makefiles... :-/ I'd like to either make that  
> #ifdef kick in or (preferably) build for MIPS II+ and not MIPS I. A  
> hint for doing either would be very much appreciated. :-)

I ended up putting "-mips4" as a GCC option into sys.mk and at least  
as of right now the build is still progressing happily (takes forever  
though :-). Not sure whether it will actually *work* once it's done  
building of course, but at least I now have a chance to try it out.  
Any comments/advice anyone might still have about this whole MIPS I  
vs. MIPS 4 issue for NetBSD/cobalt would be very much appreciated. :-)

Cheers,
Peter
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