On Fri Mar 20 11:34:28 EDT 2009, lu...@proxima.alt.za wrote: > > wouldn't it just be easier to use 32-bit compatability mode > > (http://www.mips.com/products/processors/architectures/mips64/) > > for bootstrapping using vc? > > Please don't go there! I have just ordered (and paid for) one of > those gadgets and foremost in my mind was the hope that I would not > have to deal with a BIOS that needed emulation to be executed.
what leads you to believe that you need to call their open bios, it doesn't deal with 32-bit mode, it can't be modified to deal with 32-bit mode and mode switching is impracticable? (or whatever the correct order is.) - erik
