Re: IDT RC3233x support?

["Toru Nishimura" <locore32%gaea.ocn.ne.jp@localhost>]

"David Maxwell" <david.maxwell%idt.com@localhost> said;

> > So far there is no effort made on NetBSD code repository as long as I know.
> > IDT's RC3233x is pretty close to MIPS32 definition (look-like proto-MIPS32 
> > or
> > something) and NetBSD already has one of genuine MIPS32 processor support
> > (AMD/Alchemy Au1xxx), then there would be little trouble to run RC3233x
> > processor, I guess (possible pitfall may be cache writethru/writeback design
> > twist).
> 
> I'm going to see about obtaining an evaluation board for testing.
> 
> I expect the changes should be pretty minimal, as Toru says.

Note that recently announced RC32438 has genuine MIPS32 core,  whose
cache is different from its predecessor, and NetBSD/mips is expected to have
no hassle with it.

Toru Nishimura/ALKYL Technology