Re: mips64 on port-cobalt

[Matt Thomas <matt%3am-software.com@localhost>]

On Dec 17, 2009, at 6:59 AM, Andy Ruhl wrote:

> On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 7:34 AM, Matt Thomas 
> <matt%3am-software.com@localhost> wrote:
>> 
>> On Dec 17, 2009, at 3:06 AM, Martin Husemann wrote:
>> 
>>> On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 12:02:28PM +0100, Markus W Kilbinger wrote:
>>>> 256 MB within the Qube 2.
>>> 
>>> Probably not worth running the kernel 64 bit then, but maybe N32 userland.
>> 
>> You need a 64 bit kernel to run a N32 userland.  Maybe not a N64 kernel but 
>> at least a N32 kernel.
>> 
>> The algorithmics P5064 already runs a mips64 kernel so the Qube could as 
>> well (since they share the same processor).  I can make cobalt support 
>> mips64 is an hour or two.  Is someone willing to test it?
> 
> I can netboot it if that's good enough for you for now. I have another
> disk I can install into as well if you need.

Booting with a O32 userland wold be a nice start.  Let's see if the kernel even 
works.