Re: BSDcan presentation

[Matt Thomas <matt%3am-software.com@localhost>]

On May 16, 2012, at 6:43 PM, Toru Nishimura wrote:

>> As long as my knowledge NetBSD is the very first open source OS
>> which claims VIPT cache-safe.
> 
> I wonder if "PCU, per-cpu-unit" can contribute;
> 
> - microMIPS, a redefinion of MIPS instruction stream in 16/32 encoding.

No.  microMIPS is done in a similar method to MIPS16e or ARM Thumb mode.
You can mix/match both code like arm does on thumb-interwork.

> - dynamically configurable processors which have two or more faces in
> one single person.

No idea what that means. :)

> - software emulated CPU by builtin instruction emulator/translator.

Actually that is one is more easily by a user-mode emulator.