Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2002 16:27:31 -0700 From: Nate Williams <nate@yogotech.com> To: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> Cc: Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org>, Nate Williams <nate@yogotech.com>, Kelly Yancey <kbyanc@posi.net>, Alfred Perlstein <bright@mu.org>, 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 Message-ID: <15422.9059.917541.323609@caddis.yogotech.com> In-Reply-To: <3C3E206C.3D9CD45E@mindspring.com> References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0201101448230.59070-100000@InterJet.elischer.org> <3C3E206C.3D9CD45E@mindspring.com>
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> > Remember that in some hardware (e.g. x86) > > FP registers are used for bulk data transfer. > > same thing applies when they are used in this way.. > > Yes, yes, the bulk transfer routines are required to trigger > a lazy save and a restore, if necessary. Nope, they are required to trigger an active save/restore. Nate To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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