> As far as I can tell from the MIPS documentation, only a MIPS64
> processor would have 64-bit wide FP registers.

However, these 64-bit
> specific instructions that only work on such a processor are part of
> the MIPS32 revision 2 ISA for some strange reason--they just have
> "unpredictable" affects if ever run on a MIPS32 processor.


Since it's unpredictable effects then simply warning and/or failing on that
instruction would be OK.

If you are so inclined, you can handle this through the instruction formats
(arch/mips/isa/...) as I may have mentioned earlier. Basically all of those
64-bit instructions need to check the appropriate control register that
specifies if a 64-bit FPU is available and if so proceed, but if not
warn/fail.

-- 
- Korey
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