On Tue, Aug 29, 2000 at 10:57:16PM -0700, Jeff Smith wrote:
> Self modifying code seems extreme.  Anyone with this CPU would likely
> not need to run the same kernel on another machine.

the reason i proposed it was because it is less limiting on where
the kernel can run.   

also, there is precedence, as we used self-modifying code on the 
sparc to handle some of the sun4/sun4c/sun4m differences.  [see 
the sparc locore.s, MUNGE() macro]

chuck