From owner-freebsd-arch Mon Jan 7 17:55:48 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Received: from elvis.mu.org (elvis.mu.org [216.33.66.196]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DB49937B405 for ; Mon, 7 Jan 2002 17:55:45 -0800 (PST) Received: by elvis.mu.org (Postfix, from userid 1192) id 7DEAA81E0D; Mon, 7 Jan 2002 19:55:45 -0600 (CST) Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2002 19:55:45 -0600 From: Alfred Perlstein To: Nate Williams Cc: Dan Eischen , Peter Wemm , Archie Cobbs , arch@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Request for review: getcontext, setcontext, etc Message-ID: <20020107195545.I18706@elvis.mu.org> References: <20020106232937.9F87D38CC@overcee.netplex.com.au> <3C390746.5FE7648C@vigrid.com> <15417.59947.662052.836634@caddis.yogotech.com> <20020107130208.E18706@elvis.mu.org> <15418.663.130281.835301@caddis.yogotech.com> <20020107185929.H18706@elvis.mu.org> <15418.17708.386130.893862@caddis.yogotech.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <15418.17708.386130.893862@caddis.yogotech.com>; from nate@yogotech.com on Mon, Jan 07, 2002 at 06:02:36PM -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG * Nate Williams [020107 19:02] wrote: > > > > threads. > > > > > > > > Is this possible? > > > > > > In the future it may be possible, if we keep track of FP-usage on a > > > thread basis instead of a process basis. This requires kernel threads. > > > > No, as I stated above, I don't think this requires kernel threads. > > I understand now, thanks. However, I'm not sure how easily this can be > done. All you need is a hook to reset the FP-used bit, any application that clears the bit incorrectly gets what it deserves. :) -- -Alfred Perlstein [alfred@freebsd.org] 'Instead of asking why a piece of software is using "1970s technology," start asking why software is ignoring 30 years of accumulated wisdom.' Tax deductable donations for FreeBSD: http://www.freebsdfoundation.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message