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To: Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org>
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Subject: Re: Request for review: getcontext, setcontext, etc
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Julian Elischer wrote:
> 
> 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.

-- Terry

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