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Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2002 13:51:54 +0200 (MET DST)
From: "Maciej W. Rozycki" <macro@ds2.pg.gda.pl>
To: "David S. Miller" <davem@redhat.com>
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Subject: Re: mapping 36 bit physical addresses into 32 bit virtual
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On Wed, 16 Oct 2002, David S. Miller wrote:

>    i distinctly remember the working
>    with the newest R400x in 1993 which was still 32bit.
> 
> You remember wrong, R400x can run happily in either 32-bit or 64-bit
> mode.

 Many system implementations sticked to a 32-bit operation of R4k
processors, though, possibly because of a few intriguing processor errata
in early silicon revisions that hurt badly certain 64-bit operations. 
This might have created an illusion these processors were 32-bit. 

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