From: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
To: Paul Burton <paul.burton@imgtec.com>
Cc: Ed Swierk <eswierk@skyportsystems.com>,
linux-mips@linux-mips.org, ddaney.cavm@gmail.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 5/6] mips: use per-mm page to execute FP branch delay slots
Date: Fri, 4 Jul 2014 17:42:35 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20140704154235.GM13532@linux-mips.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20140704113007.GA804@pburton-laptop>
On Fri, Jul 04, 2014 at 12:30:07PM +0100, Paul Burton wrote:
> I had originally left this patch at the point I started considering
> implementing emulation for the whole ISA in the kernel, figuring I was
> going insane & should probably do something else for a while. Perhaps I
> shouldn't worry so much ;)
Full emulation is a bit problematic in particular for some of the older
CPUs which have random odd ISA extensions. Think like a MIPS I plus a
sprinkling of MIPS II and a bucket of oddness or similar. Getting that
right would be tedious.
Ralf
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-07-04 15:42 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-07-03 22:31 [PATCH v2 5/6] mips: use per-mm page to execute FP branch delay slots Ed Swierk
2014-07-04 8:06 ` Paul Burton
2014-07-04 8:06 ` Paul Burton
2014-07-04 8:52 ` Ralf Baechle
2014-07-04 9:06 ` Paul Burton
2014-07-04 9:06 ` Paul Burton
2014-07-04 9:38 ` Ralf Baechle
2014-07-04 11:30 ` Paul Burton
2014-07-04 11:30 ` Paul Burton
2014-07-04 15:42 ` Ralf Baechle [this message]
2014-09-13 23:06 ` Maciej W. Rozycki
2014-09-18 8:57 ` Paul Burton
2014-09-18 8:57 ` Paul Burton
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2014-07-03 17:56 Ed Swierk
2014-07-03 20:12 ` Paul Burton
2014-07-03 20:12 ` Paul Burton
2013-11-08 12:07 [PATCH " Paul Burton
2013-11-08 14:50 ` [PATCH v2 " Paul Burton
2013-11-08 14:50 ` Paul Burton
2013-11-21 16:48 ` Paul Burton
2013-11-21 16:48 ` Paul Burton
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