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Re: CVS commit: src/sys/arch/sgimips/conf



Hello,

On Mon, 02 Jun 2014 06:29:44 +1000
matthew green <mrg%eterna.com.au@localhost> wrote:

> hmmm, isn't n32 kernel a relatively uncommon way of setting up the
> new mips code?

Yes.

> i'm not sure matt ever tested that properly, but it seems to me it
> should be capable of running o32, n32 and n64 applications, but matt
> should have a look at this..

I dimly remember that he was mildly surprised when I told him that it
mostly works a while ago. Yeah, at least o32 should work.

> (i'm pretty sure the designed method is to run n64 kernels and
> to have n32 userland default, with both o32 and n64 userland
> compat available.)

Yes. Unfortunately the sgimips MD code is full of 32bit-isms that I
didn't get rid of yet. ( Copious Spare Time... ) The n64 kernels build
but crash before making it to the copyright message.

have fun
Michael


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