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Date:      Tue, 17 Apr 2001 12:15:08 -0700 (PDT)
From:      John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org>
To:        John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   RE: cvs commit: src/sys/alpha/alpha machdep.c swtch.s
Message-ID:  <XFMail.010417121508.jhb@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <200104171827.f3HIRuk07406@freefall.freebsd.org>

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On 17-Apr-01 John Baldwin wrote:
> jhb         2001/04/17 11:27:56 PDT
> 
>   Modified files:
>     sys/alpha/alpha      machdep.c swtch.s 
>   Log:
>   Save are floating point state in cpu_switch() if needed instead of relying
>   completely on lazy floating point state saving.  This is needed for the
>   SMP case since processes can migrate to other CPUs.
>   
>   Submitted by:       dfr

With this both Drew and I can boot into multiuser now.  There are still some
clock issues and other rough edges, and it hasn't been put through any heavy
load yet.  Watch this space for more fixes, but if very brave people want to
start testing things, you can start now. :)

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