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From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>
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Subject: Re: Request for review: getcontext, setcontext, etc
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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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