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Date:      Sat, 10 Nov 2001 11:50:24 +0000 (GMT)
From:      Doug Rabson <dfr@nlsystems.com>
To:        Greg Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        Doug Rabson <dfr@FreeBSD.org>, <cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org>, <cvs-all@FreeBSD.org>
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/sys/ia64/ia64 trap.c
Message-ID:  <20011110114852.V549-100000@salmon.nlsystems.com>
In-Reply-To: <20011110094957.E30838@sydney.worldwide.lemis.com>

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On Sat, 10 Nov 2001, Greg Lehey wrote:

> On Friday,  9 November 2001 at  5:11:17 -0800, Doug Rabson wrote:
> > dfr         2001/11/09 05:11:17 PST
> >
> >   Modified files:
> >     sys/ia64/ia64        trap.c
> >   Log:
> >   Raise SIGILL for General Exceptions - its closer to the correct meaning.
>
> Does this break compatibility with other platforms?

No I don't think so - I just miscategoried the exception in the first
place. All the conditions covered by this exception are things which
SIGILL is appropriate for, e.g. move to a read-only register.

-- 
Doug Rabson				Mail:  dfr@nlsystems.com
					Phone: +44 20 8348 6160



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