Subject: Re: COMPAT_IRIX, N32, mmap for /dev/zero.
To: GIRISH V. GULAWANI <girishvg@yahoo.com>
From: Simon Burge <simonb@wasabisystems.com>
List: port-mips
Date: 07/25/2002 22:50:20
Hi Girish,
On Tue, Jul 23, 2002 at 03:50:42AM -0700, GIRISH V. GULAWANI wrote:
> After adding COMPAT_IRIX option to the kernel I am
> able to bring up the shell "sh" of IRIX 6.3, which I
> suppose is N32 type.
N32 will not work with NetBSD at all; with the N32 ABI "long long"s
use a single 64 bit register. Currently we only support O32 under
COMPAT_IRIX.
I almost wonder if we shouldn't have separate
COMPAT_IRIX_O32
COMPAT_IRIX_N32
COMPAT_IRIX_N64
options...
Simon.
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