Paul Brook wrote:
>>> I agree with the fact that ram_size should be 64 bit. Maybe each
>>> machine could test the value and emit an error message if it is too
>>> big. Maybe an uint64_t would be better though.
>> uint64_t is probably more reasonable.  I wouldn't begin to know what the
>> appropriate amount of ram was for each machine though so I'll let the
>> appropriate people handle that :-)
> 
> I'd say ram_addr_t is an appropriate type.
> Currently this is defined in cpu-defs.h. It should probably be moved 
> elsewhere 
> because in the current implementation it's really a host type.
> 
> If we ever implement >2G ram on a 32-bit host this may need some rethinking.  
> We can deal with that if/when it happens though.  Requiring a 64-bit host for 
> large quantities of ram seems an acceptable limitation (N.B. I'm only talking 
> about ram size, not target physical address size).

I agree.

Fabrice.

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