> > I've compiled 8.0 beta 1 on a R5900 V3.1 (a playstation 2) running > > Linux (PS2 Linux 1) for portability testing. > > ... > > I'm wondering: would it be hard to fix the assembly spinlock code > > for the R5900? > > According to the previous port report from Red Hat, the PS2 chip simply > doesn't have any user-space TAS instruction, so you're pretty much stuck. > If you can find something that works, let us know.
I've asked about this issue on the ps2 linux forums and somebody came up with this document: http://lc.linux.or.jp/lc2001/papers/tas-ps2-paper.pdf See also this releated thread on the linux-mips list: http://www.linux-mips.org/archives/linux-mips/2002-01/msg00278.html I'm not fluent in Japanese or MIPS assembly, so I won't comment on these. Just posting the links :) Bye, Chris. ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 2: you can get off all lists at once with the unregister command (send "unregister YourEmailAddressHere" to [EMAIL PROTECTED])
