>>>>> On Wed, 27 Jun 2001 23:22:05 +0900,
	"Toru Nishimura" <locore32@gaea.ocn.ne.jp> said:

>> It seems maintaining 5 copies of cpu_identify() is more pain for me.

> You missed my point, entirely.  There is no need to maintain cpu_attach()
> routine as long as new processor support is required for a specific target.
> For DECstation, it's the dead weight to have, say, Vr stuff TX stuff.
> Or, are you willing to maintain cpu_idenitfy() bloat for ever-increasing
> MIPS diversity in terms of MI commonness?

Did you really measure the size of cpu_identify()?
It's only 1KB, and I don't think it is bloat, compared to the total
size of the NetBSD kernel.

And 5 copies of same code increases the cost of maintainance, IMHO.
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