Subject: Re: new sysctl: hw.cpu_isa
To: Darren Reed <darrenr@reed.wattle.id.au>
From: Jason R Thorpe <thorpej@zembu.com>
List: tech-kern
Date: 11/13/2000 10:38:45
On Tue, Nov 14, 2000 at 03:44:52AM +1100, Darren Reed wrote:
> > Well, first of all, sun4u doesn't belong under "sparc" :-)
>
> In 32bit mode, it would. There's also sun4d (unsupported by NetBSD).
No, it wouldn't. It's not supported by the "sparc" port, but rather
by the "sparc64" port, even in 32-bit mode, and thus the "sparc64" port
would be responsible for reporting the ISA.
> [...]
> > > sparc64 sun4u
> >
> > Here, I think you want sparcv8+ (or whatever the "ultrasparc, but only
> > 32-bit safe" is called) and sparcv9.
>
> No, only sparcv9. Or maybe sparcv10 too, if that is US-III ?
See my comment above.
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