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From: Kelly Yancey <kbyanc@posi.net>
To: Alfred Perlstein <bright@mu.org>
Cc: Nate Williams <nate@yogotech.com>,
	Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com>,
	Daniel Eischen <eischen@pcnet1.pcnet.com>,
	Dan Eischen <eischen@vigrid.com>, Peter Wemm <peter@wemm.org>,
	Archie Cobbs <archie@dellroad.org>, arch@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: Request for review: getcontext, setcontext, etc
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On Thu, 10 Jan 2002, Alfred Perlstein wrote:

> * Kelly Yancey <kbyanc@posi.net> [020110 14:21] wrote:
> >   Of course, all this moot if userland context switches can be done properly
> > without entering the kernel and in a way the preserves flexibility.
> 
> You are not paying attention.
> 
> We understand the problems of requiring a syscall, and the discussion
> was to see if there was a way around it.
> 
> Please focus on a solution rather than complaining about a well
> understood problem.
> 
> -- 
> -Alfred Perlstein [alfred@freebsd.org]

  You're not paying attention: I'm not complaining. :)

  I was trying to cut through the noise and present the issue is simple terms
that even a fool like me could understand.  Please see my previous message for
a summary of what appears to be the currently "understood" solution as
amalgamated from Terry and yourself.

  Kelly


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