"H . J . Lu" <hjl@lucon.org> writes: > I can write to k0/k1. But the value is not perserved by kernel. Strange. This means the registers cannot have been used so far and if the kernel can be changed it is free. > I don't think so. k0/k1 is reserved for OS. I don't know if OS can > restore it for use space or not. There are so many different MIPS implementations that I wouldn't bet on it. One would have to look at the minimum architecture definition. Also, what do the new MIPS32 cores do? -- ---------------. ,-. 1325 Chesapeake Terrace Ulrich Drepper \ ,-------------------' \ Sunnyvale, CA 94089 USA Red Hat `--' drepper at redhat.com `------------------------