On Mon, 14 Jan 2002, Matthew Dharm wrote: > So MIPS64 denotes 64-bit data _and_ address? Great. But, what is the > current state of the toolchain? I mean, what point is having the code > if the tools won't compile it properly? Well, working on the kernel is a good way to get the tools working. That is how several of the Linux archs have worked in the past. > I guess what I'm looking for is what I should tell someone who wants > to run MIPS Linux 64-bit with 8 gigs of RAM. I have such hardware myself. IMHO the best option is the mips64 kernel and I hope to try it someday. But in practice I'd guess that Ralf's highmem patch is more likely to be usuable first (?). Jason
