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Date:      Sat, 12 Jan 2002 15:24:19 +1100 (EST)
From:      Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>
To:        Nate Williams <nate@yogotech.com>
Cc:        Alfred Perlstein <bright@mu.org>, 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
Message-ID:  <20020112152113.M4578-100000@gamplex.bde.org>
In-Reply-To: <15423.18986.412590.932780@caddis.yogotech.com>

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On Fri, 11 Jan 2002, Nate Williams wrote:

> I don't know what Bruce is saying anymore.  I do know that a DIVBYZERO
> exception is no longer generated (by default).  Whether or not it can be
> correctly generated/caught is another story.

% RCS file: /home/ncvs/src/sys/i386/include/npx.h,v
% Working file: npx.h
% head: 1.23
% ...
% ----------------------------
% revision 1.18
% date: 2000/03/10 17:56:33;  author: cracauer;  state: Exp;  lines: +5 -35
% branches:  1.18.2;
% Change the default FPU control word so that exceptions for new
% processes are now masked until set by fpsetmask(3).
%
% Submitted by:	bde
% Approved by:	jkh, bde
% ----------------------------

Even casual observers should have noticed the the thread from hell before
this commit, although it was only half as long as the current one.

Bruce


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