> > 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.