Jason Hecker jhecker@wireless.org.au asked;

> I posted earlier to be able to get NetBSD working properly on the Lexra 
> core.
>
> Is there any assembly code in the common MIPS code in NetBSD that uses 
> the 4 patented instructions?  It'd be nice to ensure GCC never emits 
> them for all the other compiled code.

At a glance it's catastrophic not having unsigned load instructions to run.
Do you have any specific about which 4 insns really are?

Toru Nishimura/ALKYL Technology