From: erik quanstrom <quanstro@quanstro.net>
To: lucio@proxima.alt.za, 9fans@9fans.net
Subject: Re: [9fans] I can not remember if I sent this or not: MIPS-64 (sort
Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2009 12:02:28 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <94f6189977e4b16817a465bfdd037a87@quanstro.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <36ab0beb3ae59d18812379b35fee490b@proxima.alt.za>
On Fri Mar 20 11:34:28 EDT 2009, lucio@proxima.alt.za wrote:
> > wouldn't it just be easier to use 32-bit compatability mode
> > (http://www.mips.com/products/processors/architectures/mips64/)
> > for bootstrapping using vc?
>
> Please don't go there! I have just ordered (and paid for) one of
> those gadgets and foremost in my mind was the hope that I would not
> have to deal with a BIOS that needed emulation to be executed.
what leads you to believe that you need to call their open
bios, it doesn't deal with 32-bit mode, it can't be modified to
deal with 32-bit mode and mode switching is impracticable?
(or whatever the correct order is.)
- erik
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-03-20 16:02 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 26+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-03-19 21:53 [9fans] I can not remember if I sent this or not: MIPS-64 (sort of) notebook ron minnich
2009-03-19 23:14 ` Anthony Sorace
2009-03-19 23:24 ` ron minnich
2009-03-19 23:43 ` erik quanstrom
2009-03-20 14:23 ` ron minnich
2009-03-20 15:15 ` erik quanstrom
2009-03-20 15:29 ` ron minnich
2009-03-20 15:31 ` [9fans] I can not remember if I sent this or not: MIPS-64 (sort lucio
2009-03-20 16:02 ` erik quanstrom [this message]
2009-03-20 17:57 ` Charles Forsyth
2009-03-21 0:39 ` Uriel
2009-03-20 15:35 ` lucio
2009-03-20 17:11 ` [9fans] I can not remember if I sent this or not: MIPS-64 (sort of) notebook Russ Cox
2009-03-20 23:16 ` ron minnich
2009-03-20 23:52 ` James Tomaschke
2009-03-20 23:56 ` ron minnich
2009-03-21 0:06 ` Devon H. O'Dell
2009-03-20 18:28 ` Iruata Souza
2009-03-19 23:56 ` Iruata Souza
2009-03-20 2:39 ` [9fans] MIPS-64 Tim Wiess
2009-03-20 2:49 ` [9fans] I can not remember if I sent this or not: MIPS-64 (sort john
2009-03-20 3:58 ` Jack Johnson
2009-03-20 4:06 ` Jack Johnson
2009-03-20 4:06 ` Jason Gurtz
2009-03-20 4:20 ` [9fans] I can not remember if I sent this or not: MIPS-64 (sort of) lucio
2009-03-23 10:48 ` [9fans] I can not remember if I sent this or not: MIPS-64 Abhishek Kulkarni
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