From owner-freebsd-sparc Wed Dec 17 18:33:50 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id SAA08948 for sparc-outgoing; Wed, 17 Dec 1997 18:33:50 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-sparc@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from radiks.net (root@sr.radiks.net [205.138.126.6]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id SAA08918 for ; Wed, 17 Dec 1997 18:33:32 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from rmf@radiks.net) Received: from radiks.net (rmf@dmn116.radiks.net [208.154.148.138]) by radiks.net (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id UAA04802 for ; Wed, 17 Dec 1997 20:22:47 -0600 (CST) Message-ID: <34988B26.7F0C8B1B@radiks.net> Date: Thu, 18 Dec 1997 02:32:06 +0000 From: Ric Flinn X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.04 [en] (X11; I; FreeBSD 2.2.5-RELEASE i386) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-sparc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Register windowing Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-sparc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org I just recenly joined this list, and I'm no expert in the Sparc architecture or Sparc OS's, but I'm curious about how FreeBSD for the sparc will handle register windowing. I know there are several ways an OS can use register windowing, perhaps there are obvious advantages to one method or another that I don't know about. Glad to see a Sparc port underway. Ric Flinn rmf@radiks.net