Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2004 13:00:47 -0600 From: Scott Long <scottl@freebsd.org> To: "Simon L. Nielsen" <simon@freebsd.org> Cc: "David E. O'Brien" <obrien@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/ia64/conf GENERIC Message-ID: <412B905F.8070903@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <20040824185624.GD760@zaphod.nitro.dk> References: <200408241831.i7OIVRw2030307@repoman.freebsd.org> <20040824185624.GD760@zaphod.nitro.dk>
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Simon L. Nielsen wrote: > On 2004.08.24 18:31:27 +0000, David E. O'Brien wrote: > >>obrien 2004-08-24 18:31:27 UTC >> >> FreeBSD src repository >> >> Modified files: >> sys/ia64/conf GENERIC >> Log: >> sr(4) definately won't work on IA64. > > > So is asr(4) i386 only (it's not in GENERIC for any other > architecture)? > > Then I will update the Hardware Notes acordingly... > asr cannot work on big-endian machines, nor can it work on machines with a 64-bit address space. So that limits it to i386 without PAE. There is nothing stopping it from working with other arches, but it needs to be made busdma-aware for starters, I started on this last spring but was asked to stop for other reasons. Maybe it will happen for 5.4, dunno. Scott
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