From: Daniel Jacobowitz <dan@debian.org>
To: Matthew Dharm <mdharm@momenco.com>
Cc: Linux-MIPS <linux-mips@oss.sgi.com>
Subject: Re: MIPS 64?
Date: Wed, 15 May 2002 17:48:18 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20020515214818.GA1991@nevyn.them.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <NEBBLJGMNKKEEMNLHGAIOEPPCGAA.mdharm@momenco.com>
On Wed, May 15, 2002 at 02:34:47PM -0700, Matthew Dharm wrote:
> So... I'm looking at porting Linux to a system with 1.5GiB of RAM.
> That kinda blows the 32-bit MIPS port option right out of the water...
Not unless you count bits differently than I do... 32-bit is 4 GiB. Is
there any reason MIPS has special problems in this area?
>
> What does it take to do a 64-bit port? The first problem I see is the
> boot loader -- do I have to be in 64-bit mode when the kernel starts,
> or can I start in 32-bit mode and then transfer to 64-bit mode?
>
> I looked in the arch/mips64/ directory, but I don't see much for
> specific boards there, but there are references to the Malta
> boards....
>
> Matt
>
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2002-05-15 21:48 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 29+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2002-05-15 21:34 MIPS 64? Matthew Dharm
2002-05-15 21:48 ` Daniel Jacobowitz [this message]
2002-05-15 21:55 ` Kip Walker
2002-05-15 22:08 ` Matthew Dharm
2002-05-15 22:08 ` Matthew Dharm
2002-05-15 22:15 ` Kip Walker
2002-05-15 22:26 ` Matthew Dharm
2002-05-15 22:29 ` Kip Walker
2002-05-19 19:29 ` Ralf Baechle
2002-05-19 19:25 ` Ralf Baechle
2002-05-15 21:59 ` Jun Sun
2002-05-15 22:16 ` Matthew Dharm
2002-05-19 19:32 ` Ralf Baechle
2002-05-16 3:28 ` Dan Malek
2002-05-16 7:15 ` Kevin D. Kissell
2002-05-16 17:13 ` Jun Sun
2002-05-19 19:44 ` Ralf Baechle
2002-05-19 19:41 ` Ralf Baechle
2002-05-19 19:30 ` Ralf Baechle
2002-05-20 10:06 ` Maciej W. Rozycki
2002-05-20 15:57 ` Greg Lindahl
2002-05-20 16:05 ` Maciej W. Rozycki
2002-05-21 16:47 ` Florian Lohoff
2002-05-21 17:00 ` Greg Lindahl
2002-05-20 19:05 ` Ralf Baechle
2002-05-19 19:24 ` Ralf Baechle
2002-05-19 19:23 ` Ralf Baechle
2002-05-20 6:05 ` Matthew Dharm
2002-05-20 20:30 ` Ralf Baechle
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