2005/10/4, Maciej W. Rozycki <macro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> See my other comment in this thread. As to the SmartMIPS/crypto
> instructions -- unless they are going to be emitted by GCC for the kernel
> build (which I seriously doubt), there is no point in enabling them.
>
some assembly code could...
> > algorithms. And have some extra bits in TLB to protect pages from
> > being execute for example. These are the main differences that I can
>
> Now that may be of potential interest of the kernel, but again, that's in
> principle probably not specific to these processors,
>
hmm, I'm not an expert in MIPS cpu as you guys, so can you give me an
example of others processors that have such TLB features ?
> > remember. Big fat warning: I sent all support I have done for these
> > cpu, _not_ more, _not_ less. I agree it's almost nothing but it's a
> > start...
>
> Well, it's probably a bit too early for inclusion, but it's certainly not
> for a review. By sending changes here for discussion early you may avoid
> a lot of hassle later when you may discover a major update is required for
> them to be accepted. Good luck!
Actually Ralf asked for it in a previous thread.
Thanks
--
Franck
