On Wed, May 15, 2002 at 02:34:47PM -0700, Matthew Dharm wrote: > So... I'm looking at porting Linux to a system with 1.5GiB of RAM. > That kinda blows the 32-bit MIPS port option right out of the water... Not unless you count bits differently than I do... 32-bit is 4 GiB. Is there any reason MIPS has special problems in this area? > > What does it take to do a 64-bit port? The first problem I see is the > boot loader -- do I have to be in 64-bit mode when the kernel starts, > or can I start in 32-bit mode and then transfer to 64-bit mode? > > I looked in the arch/mips64/ directory, but I don't see much for > specific boards there, but there are references to the Malta > boards.... > > Matt > > -- > Matthew D. Dharm Senior Software Designer > Momentum Computer Inc. 1815 Aston Ave. Suite 107 > (760) 431-8663 X-115 Carlsbad, CA 92008-7310 > Momentum Works For You www.momenco.com > > -- Daniel Jacobowitz Carnegie Mellon University MontaVista Software Debian GNU/Linux Developer
