Re: [cobalt-developers] Cobalt MIPS CPU

[Mat Kovach <mkovach@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, May 31, 2000 at 12:41:51PM -0400, Kevin D wrote:
: I am interested in finding out more about the cpu in the cobalt RAQ3i. I
: want eventually to write some C++ code for it, and I was wondering if the
: instruction set were compatible with the x86 instruction set (I believe i
: read this somewhere?) My concern of course is being able to debug and
: compile on my Intel x86 workstation and then installing the software on the
: RAQ.

There are some noticable difference in the MIPS vs Intel instructions set
(hint: one is better, and Intel doesn't make it!).  I recommend See Mips Run
by Dominic Sweetman to learn more about the MIP arch.
 
: Also, I am slightly interested in installing some programs on the RAQ that
: are not opensource, and come in only x86 flavor.

If you are using the came compiler, this should be fairly painless.  I have
recently been working on a non-opensource project and the port to MIPS
was simply:

make

:)

Of course that it not always the case.

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Mat Kovach                                      mkovach@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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