On Mon, Oct 07, 2002 at 08:48:26AM +0100, Colin.Helliwell@Zarlink.Com wrote: > Was just wondering why the (2.4.19) kernel compilation for MIPS4K systems > appears to be using the "-mips2" compiler setting - shouldn't it be using > -mips4 or -mips32 to get the full instruction set? Because we want MIPS II only ;-) There are serious problems with the use of 64-bit stuff in the 32-bit kernel, so we can't use mips3, mips4 or mips64. -mips32 works but is not supported by all toolchains. Anyway, mips32 doesn't deliver much that isn't already part of MIPS II. Ralf
