Ralf Baechle wrote: >On Tue, Jul 02, 2002 at 09:29:29PM +0200, Brian Murphy wrote: > >>I have attached a patch which applies to the 2.4 branch and adds >>support for the NEC VR5000. This would be a first step in >>adding support for the Lasat architectures. >> >>A comment from someone with cvs commit access would be nice >>this time. >> > >As NEC's VR5000 is a plain normal R5000 why are you duplicating the >processor support with slight variations? > > Ralf > I believe the problem is in the (lack of) secondary cache support when the R5000 target is selected in the standard kernel. I thought that making a seperate VR5000 cpu was then a safer option leaving the R5000 as it is and presumably working on the platforms it is used on. I have no possibility of testing on those platforms to ensure any integration is successful. /Brian
