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Re: pcb offset into uarea

To: tech-kern%netbsd.org@localhost
Subject: Re: pcb offset into uarea
From: David Holland <dholland-tech%netbsd.org@localhost>
Date: Mon, 17 Feb 2014 18:39:26 +0000

On Sun, Feb 16, 2014 at 09:41:08PM +0000, David Laight wrote:
 > I'm adding code to i386 and amd64 to save the ymm registers on process
 > switch - allowing userspace to use the AVX instructions.
 > [ensuing crap about the u area]

Why put it in the u area at all? It's a legacy concept of little
continuing value.

-- 
David A. Holland
dholland%netbsd.org@localhost

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