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From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>
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Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/vm vm_zone.h
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>  Modified files:
>    sys/vm               vm_zone.h 
>  Log:
>  The "cutsie" register parameter passing that I had mistakenly used breaks
>  profiling.  Since it doesn't really improve perf much, I have backed it
>  out.

I once tried using it for everything (except functions written in
assembler), but gave up because it broke qsort (gcc clobbers a register).
I also tried popping args in functions.  This works, but only helps on
[3-4]86's.

Bruce