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Date:      Fri, 11 Jan 2002 14:49:16 -0800
From:      Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com>
To:        Nate Williams <nate@yogotech.com>
Cc:        Bakul Shah <bakul@bitblocks.com>, Dan Eischen <eischen@vigrid.com>, arch@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Request for review: getcontext, setcontext, etc
Message-ID:  <3C3F6BEC.727D4C6@mindspring.com>
References:  <3C37E559.B011DF29@vigrid.com> <200201112141.QAA25529@devonshire.cnchost.com> <15423.27120.926839.725176@caddis.yogotech.com>

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Nate Williams wrote:
> That *IS* the crux of the entire discussion.  Everything else is agreed
> upon.
> 
> No-one is arguing the point of what *should* be done, but whether or not
> it *can* be done.  If it *can* be done (the jury is still out), then
> *how* is it done.  Once we get past that point, we can attempt to
> optimize the path so that context switches can be 'lean' or 'fat' as
> necessary (w/regards to the FPU state).

Yes yes yes, what Nate said.

-- Terry

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