Subject: Re: First tries with a custom toolchain to build NetBSD/mips64
To: Christopher SEKIYA <wileyc@rezrov.net>
From: Simon Burge <simonb@wasabisystems.com>
List: port-mips
Date: 08/04/2004 14:57:52
Christopher SEKIYA wrote:

> On Wed, Aug 04, 2004 at 11:48:45AM +0900, Toru Nishimura wrote:
> 
> > Just curious, what's really do you want for this kernel?  NetBSD/mips is not
> > designed to run 64bit mode.
> 
> He wants to compile for an IP30 target, which will only load 64-bit objects.

What is the exact issue with the IP30?  Is it a firmware issue (that
could be worked around by cheating on some bits in the ELF headers or
using a 64-bit bootloader) or some other hardware issue?

Simon.
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