Subject: Re: Floating Point Instruction Register And As
To: Ken Nakata <kenn@synap.ne.jp>
From: David Leonard <leonard@csee.uq.edu.au>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 06/23/1999 11:57:33
On Wed, 23 Jun 1999, Ken Nakata wrote:
> However, you can see how they are actually used by reading
> src/sys/arch/mac68k/mac68k/locore.s. For instance, the file has the
> following two instructions:
>
> fmovem fp0-fp7,a2@(216) | save FP general registers
> fmovem fpcr/fpsr/fpi,a2@(312) | save FP control registers
>
> "fpi" here is your "fpiar", I think.
IIRC, touching fpcr in user mode gets you SIGILL
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