From owner-freebsd-arch Sun Jan 6 1:27:12 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Received: from elvis.mu.org (elvis.mu.org [216.33.66.196]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 286A637B41A for ; Sun, 6 Jan 2002 01:27:10 -0800 (PST) Received: by elvis.mu.org (Postfix, from userid 1192) id 848E481E08; Sun, 6 Jan 2002 03:27:09 -0600 (CST) Date: Sun, 6 Jan 2002 03:27:09 -0600 From: Alfred Perlstein To: Dan Eischen Cc: arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Request for review: getcontext, setcontext, etc Message-ID: <20020106032709.A82406@elvis.mu.org> References: <3C37E559.B011DF29@vigrid.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <3C37E559.B011DF29@vigrid.com>; from eischen@vigrid.com on Sun, Jan 06, 2002 at 12:49:13AM -0500 Sender: owner-freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG * Dan Eischen [020105 23:36] wrote: > Is there a reason that getcontext and setcontext need to be > system calls? Atomicity? -- -Alfred Perlstein [alfred@freebsd.org] 'Instead of asking why a piece of software is using "1970s technology," start asking why software is ignoring 30 years of accumulated wisdom.' Tax deductable donations for FreeBSD: http://www.freebsdfoundation.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message