From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list linux-mips); Tue, 22 Jan 2008 22:34:36 +0000 (GMT) Received: from elvis.franken.de ([193.175.24.41]:20670 "EHLO elvis.franken.de") by ftp.linux-mips.org with ESMTP id S28590996AbYAVWe2 (ORCPT ); Tue, 22 Jan 2008 22:34:28 +0000 Received: from uucp (helo=solo.franken.de) by elvis.franken.de with local-bsmtp (Exim 3.36 #1) id 1JHRhL-0000s8-00; Tue, 22 Jan 2008 23:34:27 +0100 Received: by solo.franken.de (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 6026EC2F86; Tue, 22 Jan 2008 23:33:32 +0100 (CET) Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2008 23:33:32 +0100 To: gigo@poczta.ibb.waw.pl Cc: linux-mips@linux-mips.org Subject: Re: Old Indy, 64-bit setup Message-ID: <20080122223332.GA11444@alpha.franken.de> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) From: tsbogend@alpha.franken.de (Thomas Bogendoerfer) Return-Path: X-Envelope-To: <"|/home/ecartis/ecartis -s linux-mips"> (uid 0) X-Orcpt: rfc822;linux-mips@linux-mips.org Original-Recipient: rfc822;linux-mips@linux-mips.org X-archive-position: 18118 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: linux-mips-bounce@linux-mips.org Errors-to: linux-mips-bounce@linux-mips.org X-original-sender: tsbogend@alpha.franken.de Precedence: bulk X-list: linux-mips On Tue, Jan 22, 2008 at 10:10:37PM +0100, gigo@poczta.ibb.waw.pl wrote: > Just a silly question. Is there any working 64-bit kernel configuration > for my r4k 100MHz Indy? From time to time i compile another new kernel for > 64-bit... and see the thing dying. Recently it looked pretty well like your CPU needs a special gcc to avoid triggering 64bit CPU bugs. There are also some kernel workarounds missing, which are scheduled for 2.6.25. No idea about the gcc part. Thomas. -- Crap can work. Given enough thrust pigs will fly, but it's not necessary a good idea. [ RFC1925, 2.3 ]