Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 16 Oct 2002 12:02:40 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 16 Oct 2002 12:02:40 -0400 Received: from [198.149.18.6] ([198.149.18.6]:11414 "EHLO tolkor.sgi.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Wed, 16 Oct 2002 12:02:40 -0400 Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2002 19:21:43 -0400 From: Christoph Hellwig To: Miles Bader Cc: jw schultz , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: mapping 36 bit physical addresses into 32 bit virtual Message-ID: <20021016192143.B22932@sgi.com> Mail-Followup-To: Christoph Hellwig , Miles Bader , jw schultz , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <20021015165947.50642.qmail@web13801.mail.yahoo.com> <20021016072345.GE7844@pegasys.ws> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: ; from miles@lsi.nec.co.jp on Wed, Oct 16, 2002 at 05:20:15PM +0900 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 821 Lines: 19 On Wed, Oct 16, 2002 at 05:20:15PM +0900, Miles Bader wrote: > jw schultz writes: > > i distinctly remember the working with the newest R400x in 1993 which > > was still 32bit. I know MIPS went to 64bit sometime not too long > > after that (mid 90's?) but by then Alpha and Sparc had beaten them to > > the punch. > > You're wrong -- the R4000 was absolutely 64-bit, and was released in > 1991. The 64-bit sparc was circa '93, and alpha I dunno, but I think > '91-'92. The 64bit mode of the original r4k was so buggy that you couldn't use it in practice.. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/